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annual total mortality rate — (seasonal total mortality rate) The number of fish which die during a year (or season), divided by the initial number. Also called: actual mortality rate, coefficient of mortality … Fisheries — dictionary
seasonal total mortality rate — the number of fish which die during a season from causes other than fishing divided by the initial number (Ricker, 1975). Also called annual mortality rate, annual natural mortality rate, conditional natural mortality rate, seasonal natural… … Dictionary of ichthyology
annual total mortality rate — the number of fish which die during a year divided by the initial number. Also called actual mortality rate, coefficient of mortality. Abbreviated as A … Dictionary of ichthyology
mortality rate — 1) the rate at which the numbers in a population decrease with time due to various causes. The proportion of the total stock (in numbers) dying each year is the annual mortality rate. To facilitate calculations, mortality is expressed as an… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Total fertility rate — Not to be confused with birth rate. A world map showing countries by fertility rate, 2005 2010 … Wikipedia
mortality rate — mortality, mortality rate The death rate, usually standardized by age and sex, to facilitate comparisons between areas and social groups. It provides a measure of health risks, improvements in the quality of health care, and the comparative… … Dictionary of sociology
Mortality rate — Crude death rate by country Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of… … Wikipedia
infant mortality rate — (IMR) the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births in a given year. Included in the IMR are the neonatal mortality rate (calculated from deaths occurring in the first four weeks of life) and postneonatal mortality… … Medical dictionary
perinatal mortality rate — PNM the total number of babies born dead after 24 weeks gestation (stillbirths) and of live born babies that die in the first week of life, regardless of gestational age at birth (early neonatal deaths), per 1000 live births and stillbirths. See … The new mediacal dictionary
mortality rate — /mɔˈtæləti reɪt/ (say maw taluhtee rayt) noun the rate at which members of a given population die, usually expressed as a ratio of deaths to total population. Also, death rate …
