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mortalité

mortality, death rate

noun mor-tah-lee-TEH Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Usage Note

Mortalité refers to the rate or fact of dying within a population, as in taux de mortalité (mortality rate) or mortalité infantile (infant mortality). It is a statistical and medical term rather than a poetic word for death — mort or décès serve that purpose. The contrasting term is natalité (birth rate).

Examples

"Le taux de mortalité a baissé."

Natural Translation

The mortality rate has fallen.

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