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07-11-2020 04:24 PM
What is the death rate from this virus? And why isn't it being reported in a manner so that I don't have to ask? Why can't I find it at CDC or NIH?
I can find the number of cases...the focus now since the number of deaths (which is also easy to find) continues to decrease. But the RATE of death from the virus in this country is elusive.
I'd like to know...what is it and where can I see it?
07-11-2020 04:31 PM
divide the deaths by the number of cases = percent
07-11-2020 04:32 PM
Because unless you know how many cases you actually have, and number used as a "death rate" calculation is distorted. The number of cases reported is so much lower than the actual cases in the population. However that has not stopped some from making that claim with distorted numbers. Then people wonder why others question other things being reported.
07-11-2020 04:34 PM
Worldometer . com will tell you.
07-11-2020 04:37 PM - edited 07-11-2020 04:39 PM
Death rate? What do you mean?
07-11-2020 04:39 PM
@ahoymate Thanks, but that's a number...not a rate.
07-11-2020 04:39 PM
@esmerelda Actually agree with you on this. The data should be a little more clear and more easily accessible. I didn't take statistic courses for a reason lol, I'm not good at it.
Number of deaths is not the same as death rate.
07-11-2020 04:42 PM
Turn on CNN. On the right of the screen they have a world cases and death rate and a U.S. cases and death rate that runs 24/7. Current U.S. death rate is 134, 580.
07-11-2020 04:44 PM
@CrazyDaisy wrote:Because unless you know how many cases you actually have, and number used as a "death rate" calculation is distorted. The number of cases reported is so much lower than the actual cases in the population. However that has not stopped some from making that claim with distorted numbers. Then people wonder why others question other things being reported.
@CrazyDaisy You need to know the number of cases with an outcome...did the person live (recovery rate) or die (death rate)...not the total number of cases.
07-11-2020 04:46 PM - edited 07-11-2020 04:48 PM
@ellaphant wrote:Turn on CNN. On the right of the screen they have a world cases and death rate and a U.S. cases and death rate that runs 24/7. Current U.S. death rate is 134, 580.
@ellaphant Again...that's the number of deaths, not the rate. The rate will be a percent.
I don't have CNN. If I did, I would check the number of deaths at the same time each day to get a clear picture of how things are going.
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