What is Mortality rate?
'''Mortality rate''' is a [[measurement]]. It measures the number of deaths in a [[population]]. The World Bank calculated the death rate for the whole world was 8 deaths per 1,000 people in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gender Statistics {{!}} DataBank|url=https://databank.worldbank.org/source/gender-statistics/Series/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN|access-date=2023-03-11|website=databank.worldbank.org}}</ref> The mortality rate has been going down during the last hundred years, but the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] increased mortality rates globally. More than 6.8 million deaths were directly due to [[COVID-19]]. The number of people dying of some causes has increased. The rate is often reported as a number of deaths per 1000 individuals per year. For example, a mortality rate of 9 in a population of 1,000 would mean 9 deaths per year in that entire population. Some rare or deadly causes of death are are reported as [[Percentage|percentages]] (of the world, countries, demographics). It can also be shown as a [[ratio]] (genders for example). Excess (more than expected) mortality rates across the [[European Union]] rose by 19% in December 2022, compared to the average number of deaths in the same period between 2016 and 2019. In [[Germany]], 37.3% more people died in December 2022 than average for December. This is thought to be partly because of weakened [[Immune system|immune systems]] and partly because [[Health care|healthcare]] systems have been badly affected. There are also effects of [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bowden|first=Mario|date=2023-03-11|title=Excess mortality rates in Europe: Why are they so high post-pandemic?|url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/03/11/excess-morality-rates-what-do-they-tell-us-about-the-state-of-public-health-in-europe|access-date=2023-03-11|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref> People are becoming more unhealthy. == Why keep track of how people die? == Counting and tracking the causes of death helps know more about how people are dying. This is done globally by governments o