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Do you understand how to compute the mortality rate of a disease?

Where do the percentages come from?
SW-User
The most accurate measure would be number of deaths where laboratory confirmed cases of Covid-19 were the major cause of death divided by all laboratory confirmed cases of Covid-19. In reality though, the figure must factor in the likely total number of cases of Covid-19 in the community based on the R number and sampling, using modelling. It is virtually impossible to test everyone in the country and without false negatives and positives.
Lochlee · 51-55, F
Read - Why coronavirus death rates can’t be summed up in one simple number - Jonathan Fuller - I found it interesting.
HannahSky · F
The CDC has some complete info on this.
Lochlee · 51-55, F
I have been reading about that - seems complicated. I am just going to try to find that article again.
SW-User
Total number of deaths over total number of cases
SW-User
then multiply that by 100 @SW-User
Fungirlvape · 61-69, F
I know everything about all Math problems!
revenant · F
it is a secret

 
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