attack rate

noun

the proportion of people in a population exposed to a disease who fall ill. (Ill people divided by total population)

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Meanings

nounattack rate (plural attack rates)

plural attack rates

  1. epidemiologythe proportion of people in a population exposed to a disease who fall ill. (Ill people divided by total population)
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