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Disease Incidence Rate

Aka: Disease Incidence Rate, Incidence
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  1. Definition
    1. Number of new disease cases per population at risk
      1. High Incidence implies high disease occurrence
      2. Low Incidence implies low disease occurrence
    2. Measured over a given time interval
  2. Usage
    1. Determine probability of developing a specific disease
    2. Used to detect etiologic factors
  3. References
    1. Hennekens (1987) Epidemiology Medicine, p.54-98

Incidence (C0021149)

Definition (CHV) incidence
Definition (CHV) incidence
Definition (CHV) incidence
Definition (MSH) The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.
Definition (NCI) The number of new cases of a disease diagnosed each year.
Definition (NCI) The relative frequency of occurrence of something.
Concepts Quantitative Concept (T081)
MSH D015994
English Incidence, Incidences, incidence, incidences, number of new disease cases
Portuguese Coeficiente de Incidência, Incidência, Taxa de Incidência
Swedish Incidens
Czech incidence
Finnish Ilmaantuvuus
Russian ZABOLEVAEMOST', NOVYE SLUCHAI, ЗАБОЛЕВАЕМОСТЬ, НОВЫЕ СЛУЧАИ
Polish Badania ilości nowych zachorowań, Zapadalność, Występowanie nowych zachorowań
Croatian INCIDENCIJA
French Incidence
German Inzidenz
Italian Incidenza
Dutch Incidentie
Spanish Incidencia, Tasa de Incidencia, Coeficiente de Incidencia
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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