death tolls
Disaster victim numbers
Death tolls are counts of people who died in a particular event or period—a disaster, war, epidemic, or accident.
The term implies significant numbers: The earthquake's death toll exceeded 50,000.
Tolls often rise as more bodies are found or confirmed: Officials expect the death toll to climb.
- fatalitiesLosses of life
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- body countTally of the deceased
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
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- historical datademographic data, birth rates, mortality rates, census records, parish registers
- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, demise
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- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
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harm vs. benefit metrics
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Newborns per thousand annually
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