mortality: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	death rate

Topics

infant mortality rate life expectancy age-specific death rate maternal mortality mortality table death Memento mori population pyramid case fatality rate epidemiologic transition vital rates species abundance Population density fertility Overpopulation birth rate minimum viable population Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World Population growth Why Is Japan’s Population Decreasing?

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John Graunt

English statistician