mortality

Universal Words noun (plural mortalities) 1 [U] the state of being human and not living for ever: After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality. 2 [U] the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time: the infant mortality rate (= the number of babies that die at or just after birth) * Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing. 3 [C] (technical) a death: hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)