Mortality rate facts for kids
Mortality rate is a measurement. It measures the number of deaths in a population.
It is often reported as a number of deaths per 1000 individuals per year. A mortality rate of 9 in a population of 1,000 would mean 9 deaths per year in that entire population.
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Colour-coded map of the crude death rates of countries, globally, based on WHO data for 2000–2005, presented per thousand persons in the population, per year.
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Scatter plot of the natural logarithm (ln) of the crude death rate against the natural log of per capita GDP. The slope of the trend line is the elasticity of the crude death rate with respect to per capita income. It indicates that as of the date of the basis data set, an increase in per capita income tends to be associated with a decrease in the crude death rate. Source: World Development Indicators.
See also
In Spanish: Tasa bruta de mortalidad para niños
