Fatality Rate (Noun)
Meaning
The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The city's fatality rate from traffic accidents was alarmingly high, with 25 deaths per 1000 residents per year.
- Researchers studied the fatality rate of different diseases to identify trends and patterns in the data.
- The fatality rate from natural disasters was significantly higher in areas with inadequate emergency preparedness plans.
- According to the report, the fatality rate from gun violence was higher in urban areas than in rural areas.
- The government aimed to reduce the fatality rate from road accidents by implementing stricter traffic laws and regulations.