What is the meaning of Mortality?

The state or quality of being mortal.

  1. The state of being susceptible to death.

    The state of being susceptible to death.

    The quality of being punishable by death.

    The quality of causing death.

    The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.

    1. Deaths resulting from an event (such as a war, epidemic or disaster).
    2. The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.

      Deaths resulting from an event (such as a war, epidemic or disaster).

      The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.

      Death.

      Mortals collectively.

      Source: wiktionary.org