death rate
nounDefinition of death rate
: the ratio between deaths and individuals in a specified population and time
Examples of death rate in a Sentence
There was a decline in the country's death rate after its health care improved.
Lung cancer death rates are up.
The death rate from accidents is rising.
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Australia’s death rate from opioids has more than doubled in just over a decade. — Washington Post, "Australia follows familiar, grim path to an opioid crisis," 5 Sep. 2019 Australia's death rate from opioids has more than doubled in just over a decade. — Kristen Gelineau, chicagotribune.com, "Opioid crisis goes global as Australia fails to heed the lessons of the United States," 5 Sep. 2019 The death rates also were going down for stroke and diabetes before 2010 but did not significantly change between that year and 2017, the data showed. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, "Deaths from heart disease and these other conditions are on the rise, research suggests," 27 Aug. 2019 There are serious concern about whether this surgery is safe at all after reports surfaced that the death rate following a BLL is a terrifying 1 in 3,000. — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, "What Is A Brazilian Butt Lift?," 28 July 2019 The national death rate from opioids was 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents. — oregonlive.com, "See how many opioid pills were sold in your town," 18 July 2019 Connecticut consistently has one of the highest per capita overdose death rates in the country. — Josh Kovner, courant.com, "Oklahoma verdict against opioid maker Johnson & Johnson has ramifications in Connecticut’s pursuit of Purdue Pharma," 26 Aug. 2019 But the group also notes New Hampshire had the 11th lowest gun death rate in the country in 2017. — Aidan Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, "Three gun control bills have landed on Sununu’s desk. What’s a N.H. Republican to do?," 8 Aug. 2019 The pharmaceutical opioid death rate in in Cuyahoga County was more than three times higher than the national average by 2016, attorneys for the county wrote in a court filing. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "‘Everybody was taking pills’: Government data shows how the explosion of prescription opioids consumed Cuyahoga County," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'death rate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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