immortality
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the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time: 死亡数量，死亡率
the mortality rate死亡率
Infant mortality is much higher in the poorest areas of the city.在这个城市最贫困的地区，婴儿的死亡率要高得多。

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mortality | American Dictionary

mortality
noun[ U ]
us/mɔrˈtæl·ɪ·t̬i/
the condition of being mortal:
A sense of her own mortality overcame her.
Mortality is also the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time:
infant mortality

Examples of mortality

mortality
Processes influencing the distribution of parasite numbers within host populations with special emphasis on parasite-induced host mortalities.
Reductions in g only become important when it is not possible to impose these high mortalities on the adult population (fig. 5d).
Processes influencing the distribution of parasite numbers within host populations with special emphasis on parasiteinduced host mortalities.
Differences between mean % mortalities at 24 h was examined by analysis of the variance of corresponding angles.
There was no significant difference between the control (5.6%) and parasitized weevil mortalities (3.1%) (fig. 4).
Regarding its implication for premature mortalities, we assume only those experienced by the urban households will be affected.
The series of concentrations on individual cards was selected to produce a range of mortalities between 5 and 95%.
Considerably lower mortalities at all temperatures tested were recorded in the pupal stages.
Daily mortalities of 0%, 0.5%, 1% and 2% were used for adult flies.
Each week dead snails were removed from the tank and the number of mortalities recorded.
Ultimately, parasite-induced host mortalities (which are density-dependent) will regulate host and parasite population growth.
However, in the present experiments, differences in egg-to-larva mortalities between cropping patterns were not significant.
We find that brick kilns emissions are responsible for serious health damages including over a dozen premature mortalities per year.
A reference toxicant concentration series (0.5 or higher) should be selected that will consistently provide partial mortalities at two or more concentrations.
The parasite population is subject to density-dependent constraints imposed by parasite-induced host mortalities and hence will attain an equilibrium state.
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Collocations withmortality

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age-specific mortality
Age-specificmortality peaks at regular intervals corresponding with the times at which offspring are born.
all-cause mortality
No reduction in all-causemortality was realized (2;22).
annual mortality
Reports in older children have emphasized a poor prognosis associated with early diagnosis,36"39 with annualmortality of 4-6%.
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