death rate

noun

The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).

Similar
mortalityw:mortality rateMRdeathratemortality ratefatality rate
Opposite
birth rate
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Meanings

noundeath rate (plural death rates)

plural death rates · alternative deathrate

  1. The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).

    Synonyms: mortality, w:mortality rate, MR · Antonyms: birth rate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).

Similar
mortalityw:mortality rateMR
Opposite
birth rate

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
deathratemortalitymortality ratefatality rate
Broader
rate
Also see
fatality ratemortality

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan taxa de mortalitat
  • taxa de mortalitatthe number of deaths
Chinese Mandarin 死亡率
  • 死亡率 (sǐwánglǜ)the number of deaths
Czech úmrtnost
  • úmrtnostthe number of deaths
Danish dødelighed, dødsrate
  • dødelighedthe number of deaths
  • dødsratethe number of deaths
  • dødelighedsprocentthe number of deaths
Finnish kuolevuus
  • kuolevuusthe number of deaths
French taux de mortalité
  • taux de mortalitéthe number of deaths
German Sterberate
  • Sterberatethe number of deaths
Hindi मृत्युदर
  • मृत्युदर (mŕtyudar)the number of deaths
Hungarian halálozási arányszám
  • halálozási arányszámthe number of deaths
Japanese 死亡率
  • 死亡率 (shibōritsu)the number of deaths
Norwegian Bokmål dødsrate, dødelighet
  • dødsratethe number of deaths
  • dødelighetthe number of deaths
  • mortalitetthe number of deaths
Polish współczynnik umieralności
  • współczynnik umieralnościthe number of deaths
Portuguese (taxa de) mortalidade
  • (taxa de) mortalidadethe number of deaths
Russian сме́ртность
  • сме́ртность (smértnostʹ)the number of deaths
Vietnamese tử suất
  • tử suấtthe number of deaths
Zulu amanombolo okufa kwabantu
  • amanombolo okufa kwabantuthe number of deaths
Cite this entry
APA

death rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20rate

MLA

“death rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20rate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death rate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20rate.

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