case-fatality_proportion (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *case-fatality proportion*:
NOUN	relation	case-fatality proportion	the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease

English > *case-fatality proportion*: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
Meaning	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.
Broader	proportion	The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole / whole

HyperDic: case-fatality_proportion