case fatality rate

noun
UK: /keɪs feɪˈtæləti reɪt/
US: /keɪs feɪˈtæləti reɪt/

  1. The percentage of people who die from a specific disease out of all the people who have the disease.

    1. The case fatality rate of the disease is very low.
    2. Scientists are closely monitoring the case fatality rate to assess the severity of the outbreak.

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The phonetic transcription of "case fatality rate" is /keɪs feɪˈtæləti reɪt/ in British English and /keɪs feɪˈtæləti reɪt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Example usage of "case fatality rate": "The case fatality rate of the disease is very low.". More examples on the page.