case fatality rate

noun

A percentage derived by the division of the number of fatalities by the number of confirmed (diagnosed) cases (sufferers) of a disease.

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Meanings

nouncase fatality rate (plural case fatality rates)

plural case fatality rates

  1. epidemiologyA percentage derived by the division of the number of fatalities by the number of confirmed (diagnosed) cases (sufferers) of a disease.

    That 3.4 percent mortality rate, though still fluid, is formidable, even compared next to the case fatality rates (the number of deaths compared to the total number of those diagnosed) for other recent outbreaks.

    2020 March 12, Matt Stieb, “Does the Coronavirus Think I’m Old?”, in New York

Translations

Czech smrtnost, letalita
  • smrtnostratio of number of fatalities to number of disease cases
  • letalitaratio of number of fatalities to number of disease cases
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