Definitions for "Mortality rate"
A measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval of time.
the proportion of deaths to population.
number of deaths from illness or disease ...... back
In their natural habitats, different insects typically have varying mortality rates. If the rate is 98%. This means that if 100 eggs were laid by a female, one might expect only 2 individuals to survive long enough to become reproductive and produce offspring themselves.