In recent days, President Donald Trump has repeated the false claim that the United States has the 'best mortality rate' in the world for COVID-19, spurring confusion and questions about what it means to have a 'good' death rate and where the U.S. really does stand relative to other
In recent days, President Donald Trump has repeated the false claim that the United States has the"best mortality rate" in the world for COVID-19, spurring confusion and questions about what it means to have a"good" death rate and where the U.S. really does stand relative to other countries.
The term death rate and mortality rate are often used interchangeably, but neither of these terms carries much significance. Instead, epidemiologists use metrics called infection fatality ratio, case fatality ratio, and deaths per capita to understand how many people are dying among those who are infected.
Right now, the case fatality ratio is 3.6%, meaning that out of every 100 Americans diagnosed with COVID-19, about 3 to 4 are expected to die. By this metric, the U.S. is better off than some hard-hit European countries but worse than many other countries that have more successfully contained the virus and implemented widespread testing.
Story continuesIn the United States, the current case fatality ratio is likely more dramatic-sounding than the true death rate, skewed by the fact that the real number of COVID-19 cases in the country is likely 10 times higher than official estimates.
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