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Incidence of a disease refers to the number of new cases repoted recently
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When will the incidence and prevalence of a disease be equal?
The incidence will equal the prevalence when the duration of the disease is equal to the time period over which the incidence is measured.
What is the difference between disease incidence and disease severity?
The incidence of disease is how frequent or widespread a disease is in the population. Severity is how bad and serious any particular disease is in a person.
The use of alcohol is associated with an increased incidence of acid reflux disease.?
The use of alcohol is associated with an increased incidence of acid reflux disease
The incidence of heart disease is lower in?
women
How can you use incidence in a sentence?
There is a higher incidence of autism among boys than girls. Since the new vaccine was approved, the incidence of the disease has decreased significantly.
What is the rate of incidence?
# of new cases of a specified disease in a population / population at risk for getting the disease
The incidence of a disease in a population is called what?
onset /prevalence/
What disease in the UK have high incidence but low prevalence?
measles
What is morbid?
The term 'morbidity' has a few different senses or meanings:1: the relative incidence of a particular disease;2: an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind;3: the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for youMedically, morbidity relates to the incidence or prevalence of disease in a locality (e.g. morbidity rate).When one uses the word morbidity, one typically is talking about the incidence of a disease. Morbidity is the medical term for a disease and is used mainly by doctors and investigators.
What is the formula of incidence rate?
# of new cases of a specified disease in a population / population at risk for getting the disease
What if everyone was fat?
The incidence of diabetes and heart disease would skyrocket.
What is incidence of disease?
The rate at which a disease occurs. IE; one in five people, one in twenty people, etc.
