死亡率与病死率是医学文稿中最常见、最易被混淆的两个名词术语。多数作者习惯于把死亡率代替病死率。如一篇报道左冠状动脉起源于肺动脉6例外科治疗体会的文章,其中手术死亡1例,于是总结为“死亡率16.7％”。在这里,16.7％应该是“病死率”,不是“死亡率”。其判断可依据《辞海》关于两者的定义确定。 Mortality and mortality are two of the most common and easily confused terms in medical texts. Most authors are accustomed to replacing mortality with mortality. For example, a report of 6 cases of surgical treatment of left coronary artery originated from the pulmonary artery, including 1 case of surgical death, was summarized as “16.7% mortality”. Here, 16.7% should be “death rate”, not “mortality.” Its judgment can be determined based on the definition of the two in the “Ci Hai”.