mortality

n. [ L. mortalitas: cf. F. mortalité. ] 1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I saw her die,
I then did think on your mortality. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Human life; the life of a mortal being. [ 1913 Webster ]

From this instant
There 's nothing serious in mortality. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human race; humanity; human nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take these tears, mortality's relief. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Death; destruction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bill of mortality. See under Bill. --
Law of mortality, a mathematical relation between the numbers living at different ages, so that from a given large number of persons alive at one age, it can be computed what number are likely to survive a given number of years. --
Table of mortality, a table exhibiting the average relative number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed to have been born at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]