Summary: All-cause mortality is the death rate from all causes of death for a population in a given time period.

How is all-cause mortality measured?

The crude death rate is defined as "the mortality rate from all causes of death for a population," calculated as the "[t]otal number of deaths during a given time interval" divided by the "[m]id-interval population", per 1,000 or 100,000; for instance, the population of the U.S. was around 290,810,000 in 2003, and in ...

Does mortality mean disease?

Morbidity refers to an illness or disease. Mortality refers to death. Both terms are often used in statistics.