Mortality

"Mortality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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All deaths reported in a given population.

Descriptor ID	D009026
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.985.550 N01.224.935.698 N06.850.505.400.975.550 N06.850.520.308.985.550
Concept/Terms	Mortality Mortality Mortalities Case Fatality Rate Case Fatality Rate Case Fatality Rates Rate, Case Fatality Rates, Case Fatality Mortality, Excess Mortality, Excess Excess Mortalities Mortalities, Excess Excess Mortality Decline, Mortality Decline, Mortality Declines, Mortality Mortality Declines Mortality Decline Mortality Determinants Mortality Determinants Determinant, Mortality Mortality Determinant Determinants, Mortality Mortality, Differential Mortality, Differential Differential Mortalities Mortalities, Differential Differential Mortality Age-Specific Death Rate Age-Specific Death Rate Age-Specific Death Rates Death Rate, Age-Specific Death Rates, Age-Specific Rate, Age-Specific Death Rates, Age-Specific Death Age Specific Death Rate Death Rate Death Rate Death Rates Rate, Death Rates, Death Mortality Rate Mortality Rates Rate, Mortality Rates, Mortality

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mortality".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Mortality [N01.224.935.698]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Mortality".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mortality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mortality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 140 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	3	0	3
2005	4	1	5
2006	2	0	2
2007	3	2	5
2008	1	1	2
2009	2	2	4
2010	6	1	7
2011	3	2	5
2012	5	3	8
2013	5	3	8
2014	4	5	9
2015	4	2	6
2016	6	4	10
2017	5	8	13
2018	2	8	10
2019	7	3	10
2020	4	7	11
2021	2	1	3
2022	1	3	4
2023	1	1	2
2024	2	2	4
2025	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Mortality" by people in Profiles.

Carew JW, Radulescu SC, Zhang L, Ungurean C, Calomfirescu C, Furtunescu F, Soliman AS. Breast cancer mortality in Romania: trends, regional and rural-urban inequalities, and policy implications. BMC Cancer. 2025 Jul 01; 25(1):1038.

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Jia H, Lubetkin EI. Comparing Potential Contributors of Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality Among US Older Adults. Med Decis Making. 2025 Aug; 45(6):675-689.

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Urrea Suescun MC, Garc?s-Palacio IC, Soliman AS. Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study. Int J Public Health. 2025; 70:1607975.

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Olshansky SJ, Willcox BJ, Demetrius L, Beltr?n-S?nchez H. Implausibility of radical life extension in humans in the twenty-first century. Nat Aging. 2024 Nov; 4(11):1635-1642.

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Meehan AA, King BT, Biggs R, Boyer AP, Berner-Davis L, DiPietro B. Review of Local Homeless Mortality Efforts: A Call for Standardized Data and Reporting. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2025 May-Jun 01; 31(3):343-350.

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Moll M, Pratte KA, Debban CL, Liu C, Belinsky SA, Picchi M, Konigsberg I, Tern C, Rijhwani H, Hobbs BD, Silverman EK, Tesfaigzi Y, Rich SS, Manichaikul A, Rotter JI, Bowler RP, Cho MH. A protein risk score for all-cause and respiratory-specific mortality in non-Hispanic white and African American individuals who smoke. Sci Rep. 2024 09 04; 14(1):20618.

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Khan AH, Ijaz E, Ubaid B, Eddaki I, Edhi M, Shah MN, Perry G. Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Mortality Rates Among the Elderly Populations Across the United States: An Analysis of Demographic and Regional Disparities from 1999 to 2020. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2024; 21(6):384-394.

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Dyrting S, Taylor A. Estimating age-specific mortality using calibrated splines. Popul Stud (Camb). 2024 Nov; 78(3):429-446.

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Madaniyazi L, Tob?as A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Jaakkola JJK, Honda Y, Guo Y, Schwartz J, Zanobetti A, Bell ML, Armstrong B, Campbell MJ, Katsouyanni K, Haines A, Ebi KL, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M. Should We Adjust for Season in Time-Series Studies of the Short-Term Association Between Temperature and Mortality? Epidemiology. 2023 05 01; 34(3):313-318.

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Guida F, Kidman R, Ferlay J, Sch?z J, Soerjomataram I, Kithaka B, Ginsburg O, Mailhot Vega RB, Galukande M, Parham G, Vaccarella S, Canfell K, Ilbawi AM, Anderson BO, Bray F, Dos-Santos-Silva I, McCormack V. Global and regional estimates of orphans attributed to maternal cancer mortality in 2020. Nat Med. 2022 12; 28(12):2563-2572.

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