死 亡 者 数

しぼうしゃすう

noun

number of deaths; death toll

1. number of deaths; death toll; fatality count

How many people died from a given cause or in a given period, as reported in official statistics. Formal register: used in government releases, news reports, and research.

死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう)が発表(はっぴょう)された。

The number of deaths was announced.

交通事故(こうつうじこ)の死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう)は年々(ねんねん)減(へ)っている。

The number of traffic accident deaths is falling year by year.

感染症(かんせんしょう)の死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう)は、年齢(ねんれい)によって大(おお)きく異(こと)なる。

The number of deaths from infectious disease differs greatly by age.

厚生労働省(こうせいろうどうしょう)は、毎年(まいとし)死因(しいん)別(べつ)の死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう)を公表(こうひょう)している。

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare publishes the number of deaths by cause every year.

Built from 死亡(しぼう) (death) plus 者(しゃ) (person) plus 数(すう) (number). The suffix 数(すう) turns any counted group into its statistic: 感染者数(かんせんしゃすう) (number of infections), 来場者数(らいじょうしゃすう) (attendance).

Common collocations

死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう)が増(ふ)える／減(へ)る: for the death toll to rise / fall
死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう)を発表(はっぴょう)する: to announce the number of deaths
累計(るいけい)死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう): cumulative death toll

Similar words

死者数(ししゃすう): death toll — shorter and more common in news headlines; the same meaning
犠牲者(ぎせいしゃ): victim — emphasizes that the deaths were caused by a disaster or accident

Related Words

Compare: 死者数 (death toll)

Compare: 犠牲者(ぎせいしゃ) (victim)

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Added 2026.7.28 21:21 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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