Question 67 · LEK · Case fatality rate
The sentence: “10% of cases in meningococcal sepsis with meningitis end in death” describes:
- A. mortality.
- B. standardized mortality.
- C. fatality.
- D. morbidity.
- E. incidence.
Hint
The statement gives the proportion of patients with a specific disease who die; decide which measure uses patients rather than the population as its denominator.
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