mortality
US /mɔrˈtælɪti/
・UK /mɔ:ˈtæləti/
B2
noun
- Quality or state of being capable of dying
- An instance of death.
other
- The awareness that death is inevitable.
- The state of being subject to death.
- The condition of being subject to death; the number of deaths in a given time or place.
- The state of being mortal; the condition of being human and subject to death.
- The condition of being human and having to die.
other
- A cause of death.
Examples
measures that should reduce infant mortality
Mortality among immigrant groups was higher than average.