Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deathrate

1 sense of deathrate

Sense 1
deathrate, death rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate -- (the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year)
       => rate -- (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected")