Geography A-Level
Mortality
What Mortality means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Mortality
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Reference: AQA
The incidence of death within a population, measured by death rates.
Topics that use Mortality
- Environment, health and well-being (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Development
- Epidemiological transition
- Global health management
- Health and well-being
- Human-environment interaction
- Morbidity
- Socio-economic determinants of health
- Spatial distribution
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