\Mor*tal"i*ty\, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F.
mortalit['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to
   death or to the necessity of dying.
         When I saw her die, I then did think on your
         mortality.                            --Carew.
2. Human life; the life of a mortal being.
         From this instant There 's nothing serious in
         mortality.                            --Shak.
3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace;
   humanity; human nature.
         Take these tears, mortality's relief. --Pope.
4. Death; destruction. --Shak.
5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a
   given community; also, the proportion of deaths to
   population, or to a specific number of the population;
   death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the
   mortality among the settlers was alarming.
{Bill of mortality}. See under {Bill}.
{Law of mortality}, a mathematical relation between the
   numbers living at different ages, so that from a given
   large number of persons alive at one age, it can be
   computed what number are likely to survive a given number
   of years.
{Table of mortality}, a table exhibiting the average relative
   number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the
   end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed
   to have been born at the same time.