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Natality vs Mortality - What's the difference?

natality | mortality |

In demography terms the difference between natality and mortality

is that natality is the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year while mortality is the death rate of a population.

natality

English

Noun

(natalities)
  • (demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
  • (philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.
  • Synonyms

    * birthrate

    Coordinate terms

    * fertility rate * replacement rate

    mortality

    Noun

  • The condition of being susceptible to death.
  • (demography) The death rate of a population.
  • Antonyms

    * immortality * eternality