Question 54 · LEK · Case fatality rate
Which denominator number is used for calculating the mortality rate of the disease?
- A. number of all incidence of the disease.
- B. number of new incidence of the disease in the given time.
- C. number of deaths of the disease.
- D. average number of people in the population in the given period of time.
- E. number of people in the population suffering from the disease.
Hint
Decide whether the measure describes the risk of death in the whole population or among those who have the disease (Polish 'smiertelnosc').
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