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(Encyclopedia) mortality: see vital statistics.

Mortality

This collection of statistics breaks down U.S. mortality rates into a variety of subgroups including: deaths by state, life expectancy, leading causes of death, children killed by guns, and more…

Brewer's: Mortal

I saw a mortal lot of people- i.e. a vast number. Mortal is the French à mort, as in the sentence, “Il y aait du monde à mort. ” Legonidec says, “Ce mot [mort] ne s'emploie jamais au…

Deaths by State: 2007

The following table lists the number of deaths (in thousands) and the death rate per 1,000 people for every state in the U.S. for 2007. Area…

Deaths by State: 2009

The following table lists the number of deaths (in thousands) and the death rate per 1,000 people for every state in the U.S. for 2009. Area…

Deaths by State: 2011

The following table lists the number of deaths (in thousands) and the death rate per 1,000 people for every state in the U.S. for 2011. Area…

Newcastle disease

(Encyclopedia) Newcastle disease, pneumoencephalitis, acute viral disease of domestic poultry. Newcastle disease is characterized by sneezing, coughing, and nervous behavior. Affected birds may show…

Mortals on Mount Olympus

  A history of climbing Mount Everest   by Borgna Brunner   Sir Edmund Hillary poses with Sherpa climber Tenzing Norgay at Everest base. Climbers who die on the mountain are…

Brewer's: Bills of Mortality

took their rise in 1592, when a great pestilence broke out, which continued till 1595. The term is now used for those abstracts from parish registers which show the births, deaths, and…

Brewer's: Old Mortality

The itinerant antiquary in Sir Walter Scott's novel of that name. It is said to be a picture of Robert Paterson, a Scotchman, who busied himself in clearing the moss from the tombstones of…