Case-fatality rate
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Term | Case-fatality rate |
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Description | A ratio of the number of deaths due to a disease to the number of cases of that disease in a specified period of time. |
Definition | Case-fatality rate
A ratio of the number of deaths due to a disease to the number of cases of that disease in a specified period of time. It expresses the frequency with which affected individuals die of the disease. |
References | Scorecard Glossary ( http://www.scorecard.org/about/glossary.tcl ) |
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