0 the number of people within a particular group who are killed by a particular cause: --
The overall case fatality rate of hospitalized zoster (4 %) was eight times higher than that of varicella (0.5 %).
The meningitis-related case fatality rate in this study (16 %) is comparable to rates seen elsewhere.
In most of the newly affected countries the disease caused severe outbreaks with a fatality rate of 40 % or more.
Furthermore, the fatality rate among female children was more than two times higher than male children of the same age group.
Most also varied the incidence/prevalence of the target condition and the case fatality rate.
In a loglinear analysis the associations between case fatality rate, underlying conditions, age, and serotype were tested.
We collected data on underlying disease and outcome in terms of case fatality rate and neurological sequelae.
Meningococcal infections : reducing the case fatality rate by giving penicillin before admission to hospital.