Question

Define the term mortality and natality.

Answer 1

Mortality and Natality

1. Mortality is the number of deaths per 1000 people in the population per year.
2. Mortality is defined as the state of the individual is dead.
3. The mortality rate is the death rate of a population which is calculated on the basis of the deaths in the particular region.
4. Natality is the number of births per 1000 people in the population.
5. The birth rate is also known as natality.
6. It is the rate of birth, hatching, germination, or vegetative propagation of new individuals per unit of population per unit of time.
7. This determines whether the population is increasing or decreasing.