2006-10-19 00:55:23 · 4 answers · asked by vegaz6 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
morbidity = illness
mortality = death.
So the morbidity rate is the number of people living with (as opposed to dying from) a disease. Mortality rate is the number of poeple dying from it.
2006-10-19 00:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morbidity rates moniter the volume of people alive but suffering from an illness or disease or otherwise (like caused by a road accident) as where Mortality rates moniter the amount of people who have died from a disease or illness or otherwise.
2006-10-19 08:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by starlet108 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morbidity is the statistical severity of an illness.
Mortality is the death rate.
2006-10-19 08:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
morbidity is the number or percent of bad outcomes - disability or illness following an event
Mortality is the number or percent of deaths following an event
2006-10-19 08:04:00 · answer #4 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋