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Fatality rate

Fatality rate

The death rate observed in a designated series of persons affected by a simultaneous event such as a disaster. The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.


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... patients hospitalized with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and burns. The case fatality rate in these patients is 50 percent. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is primarily a nosocomial pathogen. ...

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