"Mortality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
All deaths reported in a given population.
| Descriptor ID |
D009026
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550 N01.224.935.698 N06.850.505.400.975.550 N06.850.520.308.985.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Case Fatality Rate- Case Fatality Rate
- Case Fatality Rates
- Rate, Case Fatality
- Rates, Case Fatality
Mortality, Excess- Mortality, Excess
- Excess Mortalities
- Mortalities, Excess
- Excess Mortality
Decline, Mortality- Decline, Mortality
- Declines, Mortality
- Mortality Declines
- Mortality Decline
Mortality Determinants- Mortality Determinants
- Determinant, Mortality
- Mortality Determinant
- Determinants, Mortality
Mortality, Differential- Mortality, Differential
- Differential Mortalities
- Mortalities, Differential
- Differential Mortality
Age-Specific Death Rate- Age-Specific Death Rate
- Age-Specific Death Rates
- Death Rate, Age-Specific
- Death Rates, Age-Specific
- Rate, Age-Specific Death
- Rates, Age-Specific Death
- Age Specific Death Rate
Death Rate- Death Rate
- Death Rates
- Rate, Death
- Rates, Death
- Mortality Rate
- Mortality Rates
- Rate, Mortality
- Rates, Mortality
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mortality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mortality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mortality" by people in Profiles.
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Excess mortality in COVID-19-negative people with non-communicable disorders during the first pandemic wave. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 22; 25(1):736.
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Trends and ethnic disparity in endometrial cancer mortality in South Africa (1999-2018): A population-based Age-period-cohort and Join point regression analyses. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0313487.
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The effects of HIV and systolic blood pressure on mortality risk in rural South Africa, 2010-2019: a data note. BMC Res Notes. 2023 Sep 12; 16(1):213.
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Association Between Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, Beta-lactamase Genes and Mortality for Patients Treated With Piperacillin/Tazobactam or Meropenem From the MERINO Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 12 06; 73(11):e3842-e3850.
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Cytokine response in cerebrospinal fluid of meningitis patients and outcome associated with pneumococcal serotype. Sci Rep. 2021 10 07; 11(1):19920.
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Mortality trends and access to care for cardiovascular diseases in Agincourt, rural South Africa: a mixed-methods analysis of verbal autopsy data. BMJ Open. 2021 06 25; 11(6):e048592.
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A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community. S Afr Med J. 2021 06 15; 111(8):692-694.
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Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality trends by sex and population group in South Africa: 2002-2014. BMC Cancer. 2021 Feb 06; 21(1):129.
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Community health workers to improve adherence to anti-seizure medication in rural South Africa: Is it cost-effective? Epilepsia. 2021 01; 62(1):98-106.
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Steep Declines in Pediatric AIDS Mortality in South Africa, Despite Poor Progress Toward Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment Targets. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 09; 39(9):843-848.