How to Use mortality rate in a Sentence

mortality rate

noun
  • This may be due, in part, to the high mortality rate in the bay.
    — Daniel Crocker, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The pup mortality rate in the crowded cells rose to as high as ninety-six per cent.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • First, the mortality rate was low, about a third that of most influenza strains.
    — Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
  • In the past decade, the mortality rate in the state’s jails has been the highest in the country.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
  • The good news is that cancer mortality rates are coming down.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Those youths’ mortality rates increased, but by a much smaller amount, in the states with strict laws.
    — Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
  • The strain has a mortality rate of around 25% to 40%.
    — Monica Alba, NBC news, 27 May 2026
  • Researchers found that the more steps people took, the lower their mortality rate.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers found that the more steps people took, the lower their mortality rate.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 4 Dec. 2024
  • One to three cups a day was also linked to heart health benefits and lower mortality rates.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 26 July 2025
  • Their mortality rate in people is 15% or less.
    — Daniel Pastula, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
  • In other words, these are indirect ways that a storm can lead to higher mortality rates.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Not every patient needs treatment, and the mortality rate is low.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • This leads to an overall increase in stroke burden and a higher stroke mortality rate.
    — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Black women have a maternal mortality rate about three times the rate for white women.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Despite the increase in numbers, mortality rates are on the rise.
    — Molly Absolon, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • What is the hantavirus mortality rate?
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • A number of famous drummers turn down the chance to play with Tap, what with the high mortality rate and all.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There is no specific treatment, and the viruses have a high mortality rate.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • In another, the mortality rate was 20 percent in the first four years of life.
    — David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The longer it’s left untreated, the higher the mortality rate, which can increase hourly.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • For one, the study doesn’t touch on mortality rates, or how many young people died from cancer, Visvanathan said.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • While the overall mortality rate has more than doubled, experts say that the number might not be telling the whole story.
    — Sophia Carlisle, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The measles mortality rate is low—about one to three in 1,000 cases result in death.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 Feb. 2025
  • O’Connor’s was one of 18 deaths in custody at the jail that year, the highest mortality rate in two decades.
    — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • And Black Americans had the highest mortality rate of all groups in the study.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • With maternal mortality rate on the rise, the goal is to make sure Black mothers and their babies are safe and healthy.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Kenya has seen an uptick in some of its health metrics in the last two decades, with mortality rates for children under age 5 falling by half.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ming notes that these same four traits, measured in children, predict lifetime earnings and all-cause mortality rates.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • The mortality rate for orca calves in their first year is around 50 percent, according to the .
    — Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025

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