deathrate

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdeath ratemortalitymortality ratefatality rate

   Broaderrate

   Narrowerinfant deathrateneonatal mortality

Other forms of deathrate

plural

deathrates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deathrate

What does deathrate mean?

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

How many syllables are in deathrate?

deathrate has 3 syllables: de-a-thrate. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for deathrate?

Close synonyms include death rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deathrate a common word?

deathrate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.