noun
death case; fatal case; incident of death
Used in medical, epidemiological, or news contexts to refer to a specific instance or example of death, often in statistics or reports.
この病気による死亡例は年間約100件報告されている。
About 100 fatal cases from this disease are reported annually.
ワクチン接種後の死亡例が調査されている。
Death cases after vaccination are being investigated.
死亡 is the general term for death, whereas 死亡例 specifically denotes an example or case of death.
Compound of 死亡 (death) and 例 (example, case).