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case fatality rate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
case -fa-tal-i-ty rate
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A percentage derived by the division of the number of fatalities by the number of confirmed (diagnosed) cases (sufferers) of a disease.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

case fatality rates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

CFR IFR w:infection fatality rate MR DR death rate

Questions

What does case fatality rate mean?
A percentage derived by the division of the number of fatalities by the number of confirmed (diagnosed) cases (sufferers) of a disease.

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