Preferred Label : Mortality Rate;
NCIt synonyms : Death Rate; Mortality;
NCIt definition : The proportion of deaths occurring in a population over a specified time.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Refers to the death rate, or the number of deaths in a certain group of
people in a certain period of time. Mortality may be reported for people who have
a certain disease, live in one area of the country, or who are of a certain gender,
age, or ethnic group.; CDISC-GLOSS: A measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population
during a specified interval. [After Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice,
Third Edition. An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics] See also
morbidity, morbidity rate, incidence, prevalence, incidence rate.;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000496502;
Origin ID : C16880;
UMLS CUI : C0026565;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- mortality [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- mortality [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
