1854 17 241 The number of deaths or the number of non-fatal injuries.
1918 W. M. Kirkland vii. 69 He had a toothache, and non-fatal illnesses may make monsters of the meekest of us.
2000 20 Jan. 13/6 Every year at least 20,000 hospital patients die of pulmonary emboli, and 40,000 have non-fatal episodes.