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Term:
ratio of deaths to total study population during a period of time
A measure of the total number of deaths occurring during a specified period of time within a study population divided by the total number of individuals in the study population and presented as a ratio, fraction, quotient or percentage.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
death rate; mortality rate
narrow_synonym:
death incidence measurement as a ratio; death incidence measurement as percent; percentage of deaths in a study population during a period of time