Mortalidad

mortalitynoun

Alternative meanings

mortality
death rate
number of deaths
frequency of deaths in a population
risk of death

Pronunciation

mor-tah-lee-DAD

Root and affixes

Loanword from Spanish mortalidad. In technical contexts it can also be explained as gidaghanon sa namatay, number of people who died.

Variants or conjugations

mortalidad
tasa sa mortalidad = mortality rate
gidaghanon sa namatay = number of deaths
kamatayon = death

Related words and expressions

kamatayon = death
namatay = died / deceased
sakit = illness / disease
populasyon = population
statistika = statistics

Meaning and usage notes

Use mortalidad in medical, demographic, social, or statistical contexts. For an individual death, use kamatayon or namatay depending on the sentence.