mortality

1. The state or quality of being mortal.

   (countable, uncountable)The state of being susceptible to death.

   Sterblichkeit

   сме́ртностьsmértnostʹ

   сме́ртністьsmértnistʹ

   the quality or state of being mortal

2. The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.

   (countable, uncountable)Deaths resulting from an event (such as a war, epidemic or disaster).

3. (countable, uncountable)The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.

   Sterblichkeit, Mortalität, Sterbeziffer

   сме́ртностьsmértnostʹ

   сме́ртністьsmértnistʹ

   the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Death.

5. The state or quality of being mortal.

   (archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of being punishable by death.

6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of causing death.

7. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Mortals collectively.

1. The mortality curve is climbing upwards.

   ruКривая смертности ползёт вверх.

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2. Strict abortion laws lead to higher maternal mortality.

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3. Infant mortality has been increasing in America recently.

   ruВ последнее время в Америке растёт детская смертность.

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4. Chad has the world's third-highest maternal mortality rate.

   ruЧад занимает третье место в мире по уровню материнской смертности.

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5. People do not enjoy being confronted with their mortality.

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