1. mortality
The infant mortality rate in Sierra Leone is high.
Definition mortality is the number of people who die in a particular group, at a particular age, in a particular place, or in a particular period of time
2. mortality rate
The mortality rate among malaria victims is very high in some countries.
It comes as two people have died from the virus - which has a mortality rate of 15 per cent in those over 80 - on British soil so far, both of whom were elderly.