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morbidity

morbidity

9 7.7
The rate of disease in a group of people
  • noun
  • /mɔrˈbɪdəti/
  • Specialized
: morbidez
  • The people who have fewer social ties are at a greater risk for morbidity and mortality.
  • morbidity and mortality
  • morbidity rates
  • reduce morbidity

But what really drives these numbers, this high morbidity and to some extent the high mortality, is the fact that these start very early in life.

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Examples

  • Smoking remains the main cause of preventable morbidity and premature death in England.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Despite evidence of variation among specific diseases, increased overall morbidity has been consistently associated with heat waves.

    Academic text (2012)

  • However, which temperature measure is better to predict morbidity remains to be determined.

    Academic text (2012)

  • How significant must differences in morbidity and mortality be to justify special attention?

    Academic text (2012)

  • Chronic disease was transformed into a central cause of morbidity as well as mortality.

    Academic text (2011)

  • To examine the relationship between ambient temperature and morbidity, all relevant studies were included in this review.

    Academic text (2012)

  • So what causes this increased risk of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease in this population?

    Academic text (2015)

  • All the data is that those 70% of deaths and morbidity are largely lifestyle-related and preventable.

    What the Health (2017)

  • Clearly, the poor cardiometabolic health of people with SMI is responsible for significant morbidity and premature mortality.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The study focused on the morbidity rates of heart disease within urban populations.

Synonyms

prevalence
vsmorbidity
  • Specialized
21 6.5

The number of people in a group who have a disease at a particular time

is a measure of disease occurrence not tied to one specific time

Antonyms

health
∞ 1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

wellness
52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

How Common

endemicity
  • Specialized
1 8.6
prevalence
  • Specialized
21 6.5
morbidity
  • Specialized
9 7.7
incidence
45 5.3
rarity
31 6.2

Surface Forms

morbidity singular
mortalities plural

Morphology

morbidity = morbid (semi-transparent) = morbid + ity

Formally derived from 'morbid' + '-ity', but the epidemiological sense 'rate/proportion of disease' is a specialized technical extension not immediately inferable by general learners.

Etymology

Morbidity comes from the Latin morbus, 'disease', and shares the root of morbid. When used for numbers, morbidity means how often disease happens in a group — the rate of sickness.