mortality

Example Sentences

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Studies after that conflict concluded the damage hampered efforts to purify water and contributed to infant mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Loss of the Y chromosome has been tied to worse outcomes from COVID, which may help explain why men have higher mortality rates.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

He said becoming aware of his own mortality "brought everything into focus".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

This has prompted many of us in preventive cardiology to question how well cardiovascular disease prevention is working if mortality is so high.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

By using seventy community health workers, Zanmi Lasante had vaccinated all the children in the area and greatly reduced local malnutrition and infant mortality.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French