Question

Mortality is also known as

• A. Death rate
• B. Birth rate
• C. Number of young individuals
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Death rate

The term mortality is used to refer to the number of deaths in a given time or place or the proportion of deaths in relation to a population. Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time.

So, the correct answer is option A.