II. Definition
- Number of new disease cases per population at risk
- High Incidence implies high disease occurrence
- Low Incidence implies low disease occurrence
- Measured over a given time interval
III. Usage
- Determine probability of developing a specific disease
- Used to detect etiologic factors
IV. References
- Hennekens (1987) Epidemiology Medicine, p.54-98
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Definition (CHV) | incidence |
Definition (CHV) | incidence |
Definition (CHV) | incidence |
Definition (NCI) | The relative frequency of occurrence of something. |
Definition (NCI_NCI-GLOSS) | The number of new cases of a disease diagnosed each year. |
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. |
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English | Incidence, Incidences, incidences, number of new disease cases, incidence |
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