Definitions for "Crude Death Rate"
Annual number of deaths per 1,000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year. Compare crude birth rate.
The number of deaths per thousand persons in a given year; also called crude mortality rate.
The number of individuals, per thousand in the population, dying during a time interval. For example, crude death rates for the human population generally range from 5 per 1000 per year to 25 per 1000 per year.
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See Box 1.1, page 5.