Definition:Death Rate
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Definition
A death rate is defined as the number of deaths in a population, either in total or due to a specific cause, in a given time interval divided by the size of the population exposed to risk.
It is usually standardised for differences in age, sex, and exposure to risk in different populations.
Also known as
A death rate is also known as a mortality rate.
Also see
- Results about death rates can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): death rate
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): death rate