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Preferred term

Mortality  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Death Rate
  • Death Rates
  • Mortality Rate
  • Mortality Rates
  • Rate, Death
  • Rate, Mortality

Note

  • human & animal; a statistical concept, not for individual deaths in case reports ( = FATAL OUTCOME); do not confuse with DEATH, the biological, physiological or psychological concept; IM general only; prefer / mortal with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.47; specify geographic term if pertinent

Scope note

  • All deaths reported in a given population.

History note

  • 1963; for MORTALITY, PREMATURE use INFANT MORTALITY 1995-2004

In other languages

  • kuolevuus

    Finnish

  • kuolleisuus
  • mortalitas
  • mortaliteetti
  • tapausten kuolleisuusosuus
  • tappavuus
  • Dödlighet

    Swedish

  • Dödstal
  • Letalitet
  • Mortalitet
  • Nedgång i dödlighet
  • Åldersspecifika dödstal
  • Överdödlighet

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009026

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