mortality
noun
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Young people tend to assume they will never die, but a person's sense of his or her mortality generally increases year by year, and often increases greatly after a serious accident or illness. Still, many people refuse to change behaviors that would improve their chances of living into old age. Mortality rates are calculated by government agencies, insurance companies, and medical researchers. Infant mortality rates (the rate at which infants die in childbirth) provide a good indicator of a country's overall health; in recent years, the rates in countries like Iceland, Singapore, and Japan have been much better than in the U.S.
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Katia Hetter, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Sign up for Being Human, a newsletter that explores wellness culture,mortality and disease, and other mysteries of the body and the mind.
—Mikala Jamison, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Chief among those themes is that of mortality – with much of the film playing in a slow and quiet register as the subjects consider, wait for, and sometimes even hasten their own ends.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The state removed them from the list in 2005 after reported roadkill and other mortalities increased in the early 2000s, according to a former furbearer biologist for DNR.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortality. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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