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  2. Mortality rate - Wikipedia

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    Mortality rate of countries, deaths per thousand. Mortality rate, or death rate, [1] : 189, 69 is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year ...

  3. Life table - Wikipedia

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    Life table. In actuarial science and demography, a life table (also called a mortality table or actuarial table) is a table which shows, for each age, the probability that a person of that age will die before their next birthday ("probability of death "). In other words, it represents the survivorship of people from a certain population. [1]

  4. Death - Wikipedia

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    The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death. Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. Some organisms, such as Turritopsis dohrnii, are biologically immortal, however they can still die from ...

  5. Child mortality - Wikipedia

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    Child mortality refers to number of child deaths under the age of 5 per 1,000 live births. More specific terms include: Perinatal mortality rate: Number of child deaths within the first week of birth ÷ total number of births. [9] Neonatal mortality rate: Number of child deaths within the first 28 days of life ÷ total number of births.

  6. Excess mortality - Wikipedia

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    In epidemiology, the excess deaths or excess mortality is a measure of the increase in the number deaths during a time period and/or in a certain group, as compared to the expected value or statistical trend during a reference period (typically of five years) or in a reference population. It may typically be measured in percentage points, or in ...

  7. Infant mortality - Wikipedia

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    Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday. [1] The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate ( IMR ), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. [1] Similarly, the child mortality rate, also known as the under-five ...

  8. Force of mortality - Wikipedia

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    The force of mortality μ ( x) uniquely defines a probability density function fX ( x ). The force of mortality can be interpreted as the conditional density of failure at age x, while f ( x) is the unconditional density of failure at age x. [1] The unconditional density of failure at age x is the product of the probability of survival to age x ...

  9. Perinatal mortality - Wikipedia

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    Perinatal mortality ( PNM) is the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. [1] Perinatal means "relating to the period starting a few weeks before birth and including the birth and a few weeks after birth." [2]