case fatality rate

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case fatality rate

noun case fatality rates

A 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.

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@misc{case_fatality_rate_2026,
  title = {case fatality rate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/case%20fatality%20rate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}