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Morbidity is the term used to refer to illness and mortality refers to death. They are often used in describing types of disease rates, eg morbidity rates (rates of illness) and mortality rates (death rates).
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The total number of deaths from a given disease in a population during a specific interval of time, usually a year.
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The number of volume of growing stock trees dying from natural causes during a certain period of time.
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The rate at which members of a group die in a specified period of time. Actual mortality rates are compared to the mortality table.
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A compilation in tabular form of the death rate at specific ages of the population being studied. Tables also may be constructed to include other demographic data (e.g., race or a causative agent or event such as childbearing or
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