Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
토막지식

死亡率과 罹患率

李鐘澹1
Jong Dam Lee1
1高神大學 醫學部 耳鼻咽喉科學教室
1Department of Otolaryngology, Kosin Medical College

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

요약

사망율(mortality) 즉, mortality rate는 라전 어(羅典語)의 mors(죽음)에서 유래된 말아다. “Man is mortal”은 生者必滅의 이치를 말하는 것으로 영고성쇠(榮枯盛衰)의 역사적 결말도 이 한 말로 표현될 것으로 믿어진다.