case-fatality proportion

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case-fatality proportion - the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease; usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases

proportion - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

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An alternative explanation for the absence of antibodies would be that the case-fatality proportion was higher than observed during the outbreaks in Durba and Watsa (71%) (3).

Pygmy populations seronegative for Marburg virus by Van der Stuyft, Patrick / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Then, meningitis cases and meningitis deaths are calculated by using the case-fatality proportion of Hib pneumonia, the 5:1 Hib pneumonia:meningitis ratio, the Hib meningitis case-fatality proportion, and the annual number of Hib pneumonia cases.

Rapid assessment tool for Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in ... by Levine, Orin S. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

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