Case Fatality Rate (CFR)

The proportion of persons with a particular condition (cases) who die from that condition. The denominator is the number of incident cases; the numerator is the number of cause-specific deaths among those cases.

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PublicationTitle Epidemiology Glossary
PublicationType Website
PublicationYear Accessed: 17.05.2019
Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Website https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/glossary.html
ZoteroURL https://www.zotero.org/groups/2344323/orion/items/itemKey/LWM57WZQ
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Category Epidemiology
ModifiedDefinition false
RelatedTerm case fatality; case fatality ratio
Sector Public Health
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Provided by: EJP ORION project
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Author taras_guenther
Last Updated 28 April 2020, 01:32 (CEST)
Created 26 September 2019, 13:00 (CEST)