"case fatality rate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: case fatality rates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} case fatality rate (plural case fatality rates)
  1. (pathology, epidemiology, statistics) A percentage derived by the division of the number of fatalities by the number of confirmed (diagnosed) cases (sufferers) of a disease. Wikipedia link: en:case fatality rate Categories (topical): Epidemiology, Pathology, Statistics Synonyms: CFR [abbreviation], case fatality risk, case fatality ratio Derived forms: CFR [abbreviation] Related terms: mortality rate, incidence rate, morbidity Coordinate_terms: death rate, infection fatality rate, mortality, mortality rate Translations (ratio of number of fatalities to number of disease cases): smrtnost [feminine] (Czech), letalita [feminine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-case_fatality_rate-en-noun-VfYmjI5- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: epidemiology, mathematics, medicine, pathology, sciences, statistics

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