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The phrase "a major mortality" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used in contexts discussing significant death rates or loss of life, but it is more common to refer to "mortality rate" or "mortality figures."
Example: "The region experienced a major mortality due to the outbreak of the disease."
Alternatives: "a significant death toll" or "a high mortality rate."
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Such predation can be a major mortality factor and may limit the abundance and distribution of some species.
Our glasshouse experimental design was likely to favour the impact of female figs on the wasp populations, which suggests that female plants in the field are unlikely to have a major negative impact on their pollinators, despite being a major mortality factor.
"The fact that so many people were buried together, that the grave is this large, tends to show us that there was a major mortality crisis," Abadie told France24.
Cervical cancer is a major mortality factor in the female population.
Cervical cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and a major mortality factor of women worldwide [ 4].
Olson et al. excluded the months with "reported increased respiratory disease activity or a major mortality event" [ 4].
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A previously documented major mortality crisis in 1998 1999, largely resulting from malaria and diarrhoea, dominated the clustering analysis.
Influenza remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Stroke is a major cause of mortality and disability worldwide.
Relapse of haematological malignancies after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant is a major cause of mortality.
Cardiac damage remains a major cause of mortality among patients with thalassemia major.
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