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Meaning of case fatality rate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Čeština letalita smrtnost

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

case file case folding case fraction case grammar case hardening case head