fatality rate
noun[C]
uk/fəˈtæl.ə.ti ˌreɪt/us/fəˈtæl.ə.t̬i ˌreɪt/thenumberofpeoplewithin aparticulargroupwho arekilledby aparticularcause:
致死率,病死率Theconstructionbusinesshistorically has thehighestfatalityrateamongworkcategories.建筑业在历史上是致死率最高的工作种类。
Smallpox was ahighlycontagiousviruswith a 30percentfatalityrate.天花是一种高度传染性的病毒,有30%的致死率。
Teenagedrivershave afatalityratefourtimeshigherthandriversover 25.青少年司机的致死率是25岁以上司机的四倍。
- Thevirushad afatalityrateof 75percent; only a fewdiseases, such asuntreatedAIDS, have been aslethal.
- Thestatedoesn'tkeepdataonhelmetuse, sofatalityratesforriderswearingor notwearinghelmetscould not bedetermined.
- Themainreasonthat thechildbirthfatalityratedroppedin thestartof the lastcenturyis thatdoctorsfinallyput intoplacedecenthygienestandards.
- In the U.S., theaveragefatalityrateforskydivingisconsideredto be about 1 in 80,000jumps.
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- die off
- drown
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- watery graveidiom