death rate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˈdeath rate [death rate death rates] BrE NAmE noun
1. the number of deaths every year for every 1 000 people in the population of a place
•a high/low death rate
2. the number of deaths every year from a particular disease or in a particular group
•Death rates from heart disease have risen considerably in recent years.