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mortality

[mawr-tal-i-tee] / mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti /




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Knowing what you want is probably why you’re interested in LTC insurance in your 50s, when many other people think more about their mortality than what happens when they age and get sick.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

And there is evidence that heat-related mortality risk is highest during the first days of heat exposure before it declines as the body acclimatises.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Does writing about death and mortality help you process or come to terms with it?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

In that group, women treated with beta blockers had a 2.7 percent higher absolute risk of mortality during 3.7 years of follow-up compared with women who were not treated with beta blockers.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

While mortality rates for yellow fever varied widely, it was not unusual for it to kill 50 percent of those who contracted it.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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