Mortality

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017800",
  "term": "Mortality",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Death rate or proportion of deaths in a population.\n\n2. Death rate.\n\n3. The number of individual deaths in a population.\n\n4. Death. Usually the cause (a specific disease, a condition, or an injury) is stated.\n\n5. Death. Usually the cause (a specific disease, a condition, or an injury) is stated. [CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Glossary][ATSDR 2004]\n\n6. Death; the death rate; ratio of number of deaths to a given population. [RAIS 2004, SRA 2004]\n\n7. Mortality is synonymous with death. Mortality is also a measure of the rate of death from a disease within a given population.\n\n8. The number of deaths in a population, or death rate.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Pesticides Glossary; Childrens Health Protection Glossary; Terms of Environment",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 9: Chemical and Biological Agents",
    "America's Children and the Environment Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mortality/"
}