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Definition of Fatality rate
1. Noun. The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
Specialized synonyms: Infant Deathrate, Infant Mortality, Infant Mortality Rate, Neonatal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality Rate
Generic synonyms: Rate
Definition of Fatality rate
1. Noun. The number of people that die per a number of cases. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fatality rate
1. The death rate observed in a designated series of persons affected by a simultaneous event such as a disaster. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatality Rate
Literary usage of Fatality rate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ageing and Transport: Mobility Needs and Safety Issues by Oecd (2001)
"Figure 34 shows the fatality rate for injuries of all levels of severity per
journey by ... The fatality rate is higher for pedestrians than for car users, ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"Then, following the method adopted by Dr. Hadwen, it would appear that previously
to Mr. Brooke's coming the fatality-rate bad been 100 per ..."
3. Transportation Expressions (1996) by Richard Feldman (1998)
"... fatality rate: The average number of fatalities which occurred per accident or
... fatality rate: The fatality rate is the number of fatalities per 100 ..."
4. Keeping Children Safe In Traffic by OECD Staff, Kate McMahon (2004)
"Typically, the car passenger fatality rate is higher than the pedestrian fatality
rate, ... South Korea had a fatality rate of 5.41 for child pedestrians, ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"Dr. Tomkins, of the Manchester Fever Hospital, gives a fatality rate of 62 per
cent as his experience of unvaccinated smallpox. ..."
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