Main entry(ies)
- excess mortality
Secondary entry(ies)
- mortality / excess —
Term in context
Specific death rates may be used to study differential mortality1 or mortality differences1 between groups, and reference is made to an excess mortality2 of one group as compared with another, or with the rest of the population. It is measured by an excess mortality index3★. The study of differences in the death rates of specific occupations is called the study of occupational mortality4. In a rather different sense the term occupational mortality5 may refer to the mortality from hazards associated with a particular occupation. Among these, we may mention occupational diseases6.
Footnotes
1 Differentials in mortality is also encountered.
2 The expression excess male mortality implies a comparison with the corresponding female mortality, e.g. at the same age.
