mortality是什么意思？

In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

In a multi-state study of assisted living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether achain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship

However, Zaire, with its 90% mortality rate, was even worse.

They have almost the same mortality rate

The Mediterranean groups had lower mortality rates in all age brackets and from all causes, particularly from heart disease.