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Mortality

Mortality is the occurrence of death within a defined population, and as an epidemiological measure it expresses the frequency of death through rates, ratios, and risk estimates used to gauge disease burden and the effectiveness of care. Quantifying mortality requires identifying causes, timing, and the factors that…

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Overview

Mortality is the occurrence of death within a defined population, and as an epidemiological measure it expresses the frequency of death through rates, ratios, and risk estimates used to gauge disease burden and the effectiveness of care. Quantifying mortality requires identifying causes, timing, and the factors that raise or lower the probability of death, making it central to clinical prognosis and public-health surveillance. Research in this area characterizes predictors and risk factors across conditions and settings, including factors associated with death in COVID-19 patients stratified by comorbidities such as cancer and diabetes, and prognostic markers such as serum ferritin used to estimate in-hospital mortality in pneumonia. Scoring systems like the PIRO framework illustrate structured assessment of mortality risk in severe infection. Population and demographic approaches model child mortality through multilevel hazards methods, while clinical studies examine mortality among stroke inpatients, surgical patients, and children presenting with severe diarrhea, and evaluate whether specific treatments alter survival. Biomarkers such as natriuretic peptides are studied to predict perioperative cardiac mortality. Methodologically, mortality analysis combines cohort follow-up, hazard modeling, and outcome ascertainment. It links the determinants and predictors of death to risk stratification, resource allocation, and the evaluation of interventions intended to reduce preventable loss of life.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

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The 10 articles above have been cited 20 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Death.

Journal editorial board
Antonella Muscella · Italy Carole Ramsey · Australia Ivette Suarez-Arroyo · Puerto Rico

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