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case-fatality rate  

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  • Case-fatality rate (CFR) is a clinical measure that describes a person's likelihood of dying from a disease once he or she is diagnosed with it. It is calculated by dividing the number of deaths from a specified disease during a specified time by the number of individuals who have that disease during that time and multiplying this ratio by 100. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Case-Fatality Rate]

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