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Latvian
Etymology
From mirt (present stem: mirst- (“to die”) + -ība. A relatively recent word, it replaced 17th-century miršums (“mortality”), no longer in use.
Pronunciation
Noun
mirstība f (4th declension)
- mortality (the quality or state of being mortal)
- cilvēku mirstība ― people's (= human) mortality
- daudzus gadsimtus akūtās bērnu infekcijas bija viens no galvenajiem bērnu mirstības cēloņiem ― for many decades acute infections in children were one of the main causes of child mortality
- mortality (in a given population, the number of deaths by 1000 people)
- mirstības līmenis ― mortality rate
- mirstības samazināšana ― decrease in mortality
- mirstība no infarkta ― mortality from infarct
Declension
Declension of mirstība (4th declension)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of "mortality rate"”): dzimstība
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