if something causes a living thing to be dead then that something increases the amount of those living things that are dead
life is living_thing. sick_thing is living_thing. something_that has died_dead dying_for_cause is special_thing. living_thing is tangible_thing. living has effect_of_dying dead_thing is natural_inanimate_thing. dead_organism is former_living_thing. dead_living_organism is natural_inanimate_thing. die is tangible_thing.