Case Fatality

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CF
Pronunciation
/keɪs fəˈtælɪti/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Police

Examples in Context

  1. For2006, the case fatality rate was70 %.
  2. Observations suggest that these strains cause more severe cholera with higher case fatality rates.
  3. The overall case fatality rate is4 % but has reached up to20 – 30 % in remote areas.
  4. WHO has today revised its initial estimates of the case fatality ratio of SARS.
  5. A case fatality ratio measures the proportion of all people with a disease who will die from the disease.

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