all-cause mortality
Type: concept Aliases: all cause mortalityall-cause mortality rate
- Systems Analogy The risk of dying from any medical cause over a given period.
- Formal Definition Death from any cause in a population within a specified time period; a primary epidemiologic endpoint.
Mentioned In
- Lifestyle PracticesSports Diversity and Hormetic Longevity, VO2max Retention and Cardiorespiratory Aging
- Conceptstroke volume
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Empirical Study Mandsager L, et al. Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Long-term Mortality. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(6):e183605. ↗
"All-cause mortality rates serve as the baseline index for risk-reduction interventions."