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public health > epidemiology > health indicator > case-fatality rate

Preferred term

case-fatality rate  

Definition

  • In epidemiology, a case fatality rate (CFR) — sometimes called case fatality risk or case-fatality ratio — is the proportion of deaths from a certain disease compared to the total number of people diagnosed with the disease for a particular period. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • case fatality rate
  • case-fatality ratio
  • case fatality risk

Creator

  • Patricia Fener

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