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DEATHRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deathrate mean?
• DEATHRATE (noun)
The noun DEATHRATE has 1 sense:
1. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Familiarity information: DEATHRATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
death rate; deathrate; fatality rate; mortality; mortality rate
Hypernyms ("deathrate" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deathrate"):
infant deathrate; infant mortality; infant mortality rate (the death rate during the first year of life)
neonatal mortality; neonatal mortality rate (the death rate during the first 28 days of life)
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