Indicator’s Wording
case fatality rate
taux de létalité
rácio de casos fatais
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Indicator’s Purpose
The indicator assesses the number of people who died of a disease divided by the number of people who have the disease. It is useful for determining the severity of the disease outbreaks.
How to Collect and Analyse the Required Data
Calculate the indicator's value by taking the following steps:
1) Assess the number of people who died from the disease during a pre-defined time period. If possible, collect and crosscheck the data from more sources, such as health centres, local authorities and burial societies.
2) Divide it by the total number of all people who had the disease during the same time period.
3) Multiply it by 100. The resulting percentage is the Case Fatality Rate.
Disaggregate by
Disaggregate the data by gender and age groups.
Important Comments
1) Case fatality rate is one of ECHO's Key Outcome Indicators (see below).
Access Additional Guidance
- Sphere Health Standards, Appendix 3: Formulas for calculating key health indicators
- ECHO (2016) List of Key Outcome Indicators (KOI) (.pdf)
- ECHO (2016) Liste des indicateurs de résultats clés (.pdf)
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