Mortality
rate
,
or
death
rate
,
is
a
____________________
of
the
number
of
____________________
(
in
general
,
or
due
to
a
specific
cause
)
in
a
particular
____________________
,
scaled
to
the
size
of
that
____________________
,
per
unit
of
time
.
Mortality
rate
is
typically
expressed
in
units
of
deaths
per
1
,
000
individuals
per
year
.
