Both Uses of
mortality
in
Childhood's End
- It was true that their mortality rate had been high, but some had survived.†
Chpt 15 *
- Potentially infinite, beyond mortality, how long had it been absorbing race after race as it spread across the stars?†
Chpt 23
Definition:
the quality of being mortal (subject to death)
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year