1. In health monitoring, the detection rate refers to the percentage of positive samples in the total number of tested samples.
2. The diagnostic coincidence rate of clinical diseases is calculated as follows: as long as there is one clinical disease in each case, even if the coincidence rate of three diagnoses is divided by the total number of diseases, it is also called the detection rate.
3. In addition, in the field of food and agricultural products, there are detection rates of pesticide residues and certain chemical substances such as melamine. , as the case may be.
Literally speaking, the detection rate can also be interpreted as the probability of occurrence during inspection. Of course, the smaller the probability, the better. Whether in medicine or in food and agricultural products, the lower the detection rate, the better.