| fatality | 1. A condition, disease, or disaster ending in death. 2. An individual instance of death. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fatality rate | The death rate observed in a designated series of persons affected by a simultaneous event such as a disaster. (05 Mar 2000) |
| case fatality rate | The proportion of individuals contracting a disease that die of that disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| case fatality ratio | The mortality rate of a disease, usually expressed per 100 cases. (05 Mar 2000) |