Mortality
noun
The state of being subject to death.
Mortality rates are higher for older people.
Often appears as...
- mortality rate
- infant mortality
noun
The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause.
The mortality among men from heart disease is high.
Often appears as...
- mortality rate
- infant mortality
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Academic
noun
The quality or condition of being human and thus mortal.
The movie was about the exploration of mortality.
Often appears as...
- exploration of mortality
- face mortality
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Philosophical
Literary
noun
The state of being subject to death.
Mortality rates are higher for older people.
Often appears as...
- mortality rate
- infant mortality
noun
The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause.
The mortality among men from heart disease is high.
Often appears as...
- mortality rate
- infant mortality
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The quality or condition of being human and thus mortal.
The movie was about the exploration of mortality.
Often appears as...
- exploration of mortality
- face mortality
Usage tips
Philosophical
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/2Broad Concept
Understand mortality as a universal human condition, not just physical death.
Literature often reflects on the mortality of humankind.
Pro Tip 2/2Different Rates
Mortality is not uniform; different groups can have varying mortality rates.
Child mortality rates vary greatly between countries.
Pro Tip 1/2Broad Concept
Understand mortality as a universal human condition, not just physical death.
Literature often reflects on the mortality of humankind.
Pro Tip 2/2Different Rates
Mortality is not uniform; different groups can have varying mortality rates.
Child mortality rates vary greatly between countries.
Pro Tip 1/2Broad Concept
Understand mortality as a universal human condition, not just physical death.
Literature often reflects on the mortality of humankind.
Pro Tip 2/2Different Rates
Mortality is not uniform; different groups can have varying mortality rates.
Child mortality rates vary greatly between countries.
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Population pyramids:...
shows us three different stages in a demographic transition, as a country moves from a pre-industrial society to one with an industrial or post-industrial economy. Countries that have only recently begun the process of industrialization typically see an increase in life expectancy and a fall in child mortality rates
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Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
that there was also a great mortality of bees in Ireland. So the problems of bees today isn't necessarily something new. It has been happening since over a thousand years ago, but what we don't really notice are these problems in cities. So one thing I want to encourage you to think about
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What we know (and don't...
though proper care and rehydration therapy can significantly reduce mortality rates in patients. Fortunately, while Ebola is highly virulent, several factors limit its contagiousness. Unlike viruses that proliferate through small, airborne particles, Ebola only exists in bodily fluids,
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The incredible history...
to securing his historical legacy because he was obsessed with his mortality. He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign,
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A simple way to break a...
to literally killing ourselves with these habits. Obesity and smoking are among the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. So back to my breath. What if instead of fighting our brains, or trying to force ourselves to pay attention,
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Caring for maternal...
of maternal deaths in the developed world and are the only industrialized country with the rising maternal mortality ratio we think of ourselves as innovators and leaders in a lot of things in this country but what the statistics behind the stories are
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The Doctor Who Can...
are almost certainly vulnerable to coronavirus and they probably will have a higher mortality rate than humans if it gets into their population realistically we are looking at a very real chance of losing large groups even possibly species of
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Hans Rosling: The good...
in every aspect from aid to trade. There's a second reason I like these development goals, and that is because each and every one is measured. Take child mortality; the aim here is to reduce child mortality
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Rethinking infidelity...
of a parent who died, and a friend that went too soon, and bad news at the doctor. Death and mortality often live in the shadow of an affair, because they raise these questions. Is this it? Is there more?
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The Ebola Outbreak of...
both high degree of transmissibility and high degree of morbidity and mortality. REID If something like that spreads around the world, we're just not ready to fight it.
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Population pyramids:...
shows us three different stages in a demographic transition, as a country moves from a pre-industrial society to one with an industrial or post-industrial economy. Countries that have only recently begun the process of industrialization typically see an increase in life expectancy and a fall in child mortality rates
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
that there was also a great mortality of bees in Ireland. So the problems of bees today isn't necessarily something new. It has been happening since over a thousand years ago, but what we don't really notice are these problems in cities. So one thing I want to encourage you to think about
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
though proper care and rehydration therapy can significantly reduce mortality rates in patients. Fortunately, while Ebola is highly virulent, several factors limit its contagiousness. Unlike viruses that proliferate through small, airborne particles, Ebola only exists in bodily fluids,
Video examples
The incredible history...
to securing his historical legacy because he was obsessed with his mortality. He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign,
Video examples
A simple way to break a...
to literally killing ourselves with these habits. Obesity and smoking are among the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. So back to my breath. What if instead of fighting our brains, or trying to force ourselves to pay attention,
Video examples
Caring for maternal...
of maternal deaths in the developed world and are the only industrialized country with the rising maternal mortality ratio we think of ourselves as innovators and leaders in a lot of things in this country but what the statistics behind the stories are
Video examples
The Doctor Who Can...
are almost certainly vulnerable to coronavirus and they probably will have a higher mortality rate than humans if it gets into their population realistically we are looking at a very real chance of losing large groups even possibly species of
Video examples
Hans Rosling: The good...
in every aspect from aid to trade. There's a second reason I like these development goals, and that is because each and every one is measured. Take child mortality; the aim here is to reduce child mortality
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
of a parent who died, and a friend that went too soon, and bad news at the doctor. Death and mortality often live in the shadow of an affair, because they raise these questions. Is this it? Is there more?
Video examples
The Ebola Outbreak of...
both high degree of transmissibility and high degree of morbidity and mortality. REID If something like that spreads around the world, we're just not ready to fight it.
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
There's two ways of dealing with fears of mortality. One of them is to hide, so every day you wear the same suit and go to the same job... and the other is to reinvent yourself. I think I reinvent myself all the time. The idea that I would have to be one thing for the rest of my life would just be a soul-destroying idea.
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Peter Hedges
American Novelist
When you have an intimate encounter with mortality as my family and I did with my mom's death, I took a long look at my life and I asked myself what was the one thing that I hadn't done that I had really wanted to do. And it was to write and direct a film.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
I actually came out the year that AIDS hit the front pages. So there was this mixed feeling about it - excitement that life's finally begun, but it was completely tied up with mortality and danger and politics.
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Irvin D. Yalom
American Psychologist
From the very early days of seeing patients, I noticed that many of them seemed to be concerned with issues of their mortality, and so the philosophy training I had taken began to seem rather important to me.
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Gene Tunney
American Athlete
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
May we treasure the divine gift of communication, and may we use it wisely to build and to assist others on this marvelous journey through mortality.
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Josie Bissett
American Actress
I think with age you get wiser and understand the importance of taking care of your skin. I think you're also more aware of your mortality.
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John Tavener
British Composer
I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life.
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R. D. Laing
Scottish Psychologist
Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
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Lance Loud
American Actor
I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
There's two ways of dealing with fears of mortality. One of them is to hide, so every day you wear the same suit and go to the same job... and the other is to reinvent yourself. I think I reinvent myself all the time. The idea that I would have to be one thing for the rest of my life would just be a soul-destroying idea.
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Peter Hedges
American Novelist
When you have an intimate encounter with mortality as my family and I did with my mom's death, I took a long look at my life and I asked myself what was the one thing that I hadn't done that I had really wanted to do. And it was to write and direct a film.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
I actually came out the year that AIDS hit the front pages. So there was this mixed feeling about it - excitement that life's finally begun, but it was completely tied up with mortality and danger and politics.
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Irvin D. Yalom
American Psychologist
From the very early days of seeing patients, I noticed that many of them seemed to be concerned with issues of their mortality, and so the philosophy training I had taken began to seem rather important to me.
Quote examples
Gene Tunney
American Athlete
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
May we treasure the divine gift of communication, and may we use it wisely to build and to assist others on this marvelous journey through mortality.
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Josie Bissett
American Actress
I think with age you get wiser and understand the importance of taking care of your skin. I think you're also more aware of your mortality.
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John Tavener
British Composer
I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life.
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R. D. Laing
Scottish Psychologist
Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
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Lance Loud
American Actor
I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.
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