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

Research has shown health workers had higher excess mortality in the first year of the pandemic than other workers.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Flegal has faced criticism for research that found people with a BMI between 30 and 34.9, which is considered obese, had lower mortality rates than people who were considered overweight.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

“Even though it’s much more rare, the mortality rate for men is 19% higher for breast cancer than for women,” says Ambrose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members, that’s what Milton felt, seeing his father sunk in desk light, jutting out a moist underlip, scanning a dead language.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides