DEATHRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deathrate mean? 

• DEATHRATE (noun)
  The noun DEATHRATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DEATHRATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEATHRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

death rate; deathrate; fatality rate; mortality; mortality rate

Hypernyms ("deathrate" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deathrate"):

infant deathrate; infant mortality; infant mortality rate (the death rate during the first year of life)

neonatal mortality; neonatal mortality rate (the death rate during the first 28 days of life)