mortality
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mortality/mɔːˈtaləti/
▶noun (pl. mortalities)
- 1 the state of being mortal.
- 2 death, especially on a large scale.
■ (also mortality rate) the number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause.
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