病死率

bìngsǐlǜ

noun

Meanings

1 case fatality rate
2 fatality rate of a disease
3 death rate among patients

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

早期治疗可以降低病死率。

Zǎoqī zhìliáo kěyǐ jiàngdī bìngsǐlǜ.

Early treatment can reduce the case fatality rate.

HSK 6

这种疾病的病死率很高。

Zhèzhǒng jíbìng de bìngsǐlǜ hěn gāo.

The fatality rate of this disease is very high.

Tips

usage

病死率 (case fatality rate, CFR) = deaths divided by diagnosed cases. Don't confuse with 死亡率 (crude death rate: deaths per total population). During COVID reporting, 病死率 was the headline epidemiological metric for disease severity.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

死 sǐ

率 lǜ