mortality

The cypress coffin symbolised humility and mortality; the outer oak coffin, a sign of 'dignity and strength' and the lead coffin, welded to preserve the remains and prevent tampering.

The skeletons of two children have also been found - a surprisingly small number given the high infant mortality of the time.

������ was going on inside Isherwood as his mortality approached, I cannot say — nor do any of the show’s other 102 drawings offer inner revelations of their varied subjects.

He told Colombian radio station RCN that the current outbreak had been particularly lethal "with a mortality rate of nearly 50% among those infected".

RSV causes 42,000 hospitalizations a year in adults ages 50 to 64 in the U.S., as well as increased mortality rates.