Before revision: upright=1.15 | Colour-coded map of the crude death rates of countries, globally, based on WHO data for 2000–2005, presented per thousandpersons in the population, per year Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
After revision: 400px | Mortality rate of countries, deaths per thousand Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.