hypermortality

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ mortality = hyper- +‎ mortal +‎ -ity.

Noun

hypermortality (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Markedly high mortality, more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).
   • 1966, R. Cederlof, L. Friberg, E. Jonsson, L. Kaij, “Respiratory symptoms and angina pectoris in twins with reference to smoking habits”, in Arch Environ Health, volume 13, number 6, →DOI, pages 726–737:

     Hypermorbidity in respiratory symptoms among smokers in the population sample is in good agreement with other reports. The fact that this hypermorbidity was found also among smokers in smoking-discordant monozygotic twin pairs by use of the twin-control method speaks in favor of a causal interpretation. The hypermorbidity in "angina pectoris" among smokers in the population sample of firstborn twins is of the same order of magnitude as in other reports in regard to hypermortality—hypermorbidity investigations being sparse and not unanimous.

   • 2015, Carolyn A. Tylenda, Dexter W. Sullivan, Bruce A. Fowler, , edited by Gunnar F. Nordberg, Bruce A. Fowler, and Monica Nordberg, Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, 4th edition, volume 2: Specific Metals, Academic Press, →DOI, →ISBN, Chapter 27: Antimony, pages 565–579:

     Brieger et al. (1954) reported hypermortality and hypermorbidity among workers in an abrasive industry.

Related terms

• hypermorbidity