在本刊处理稿件的过程中,经常发现作者混淆了“死亡率”与“病死率”的概念。现将两者的概念分述如下:死亡率表示每年每千人中的死亡人数,通常是指普通死亡率(即总死亡率),作为评价公众健康状况的一种指标。死亡率=某年内死亡总人数/同年平均人口数×1000‰。病死率表示受治病 In the course of processing manuscripts, it is often found that authors confuse the concepts of “mortality” and “fatality rate.” The concept of the two is now described as follows: Mortality represents the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year and usually refers to the general mortality rate (ie, the overall mortality rate) as an indicator of public health status. Mortality = total number of deaths in a year / average population in the same year × 1000 ‰. Case fatality rate indicated by treatment