Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 6

TOPIK 6noun

사망률

samangnyul [사망뉼]

사망률이 · 사망률을

mortality rate, death rate

Example

의료 기술이 발달하면서 영아 사망률이 크게 줄었습니다.

As medical technology advanced, the infant mortality rate fell sharply.

Word parts

사 death망 perish률 rate

Literally 'rate of dying.'

Good to know

사망률 is deaths per whole population; 치사율 is deaths among those infected.