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Proportion of cases of a condition that are fatal; the number of deaths attributed to the condition divided by the number diagnosed.
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| case fatality rate |
Case fatality rate is a mathematical quantity that describes the severity of a disease Y. Usually applied to acute diseases, it is the proportion of persons diagnosed with a disease Y who actually die from disease Y during the period of observation:
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the proportion of persons contracting a disease who die of that disease: the numerator is the number of deaths caused by a disease and the denominator is the number of diagnosed cases of the disease. Called also case fatality ratio, fatality r., and lethality r.
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| case fatality rate |
The proportion of persons contracting a disease, who die of that disease.
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