Which one of the following is a good index of the severity of an acute disease ?
Correct Answer: Case fatality rate
Description: Case fatality rate is a proportion and not a rate or ratio.
Case fatality rate (ratio)
CFR represents the killing power (severity) of a disease.
CFR = Total no. of deaths due to disease / Total no. of cases of the same disease x 100
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