- fatality rate
- 1. the death rate in a specific group of persons simultaneously affected by some event, such as a natural disaster. 2. case fatality r.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
fatality rate
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fatality rate — noun the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year • Syn: ↑deathrate, ↑death rate, ↑mortality, ↑mortality rate • Hypernyms: ↑rate • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fatality rate — noun The number of people that die per a number of cases … Wiktionary
case fatality rate — the number of fatalities from a specified disease in a given period per 100 diagnosed cases of the disease arising in the same period. Unless deaths occur very rapidly after the onset of the disease (e.g. cholera), they may be the outcome of… … The new mediacal dictionary
hospital fatality rate — see case fatality rate … The new mediacal dictionary
case fatality rate — the proportion of persons contracting a disease who die of that disease: the numerator is the number of deaths caused by a disease and the denominator is the number of diagnosed cases of the disease. Called also case fatality ratio, fatality r.,… … Medical dictionary
case fatality rate — the number of deaths from a disease in every hundred cases. See also mortality rate … Dictionary of ichthyology
fatality — UK [fəˈtælətɪ] / US noun Word forms fatality : singular fatality plural fatalities 1) [countable] formal a death caused by an accident, war, violence, or disease As well as the 13 fatalities, 17 people were injured. 2) [uncountable] the feeling… … English dictionary
fatality — fa|tal|i|ty [ fə tæləti ] noun 1. ) count FORMAL a death caused by an accident, war, violence, or disease: As well as the 13 fatalities, 17 people were injured. 2. ) uncount the ability of a disease or accident to kill people: The most serious… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fatality — fa|tal|i|ty [fəˈtælıti] n plural fatalities 1.) a death in an accident or a violent attack ▪ a 50% increase in the number of traffic fatalities 2.) [U] formal the fact that a disease is certain to cause death ▪ The most serious form of skin… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rate — 1. A record of the measurement of an event or process in terms of its relation to some fixed standard; measurement is expressed as the ratio of one quantity to another ( e.g., velocity, distance per unit … Medical dictionary
