Meaning & use
mortality
The condition of being subject to death; also, the number of deaths in a given population.
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Facing his own mortality after the diagnosis, he decided to travel while he still could.
Improved sanitation dramatically reduced infant mortality in the early twentieth century.
A note on using this word
Mortality can mean either the fact of being mortal or a statistical death rate; the intended sense is usually clear from context.
Words with a similar meaning
death rate
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Words with an opposite meaning
immortality
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