mortalitu
Mortalitu is a term used in demography and public health to denote mortality, the rate and distribution of deaths in a population over a defined period. It encompasses the overall tendency of a population to die and the patterns of deaths by age, sex, cause, and other factors. In scholarly usage, mortalitu is analyzed through various mortality indicators that help describe the health status of a population.
Mortality is measured with a range of metrics. Common measures include the crude death rate, expressed as
Data for mortalitu come from vital registration systems, health surveys, censuses, and censuses-linked datasets. To compare
Applications of mortalitu indicators include guiding public health policy, allocating resources, monitoring disease trends, and evaluating
See also: mortality, crude death rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, cause-specific mortality.