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Disease Incidence Rate
Aka: Disease Incidence Rate, Incidence
- See Also
- Epidemiology Rates
- Disease Attack Rate
- Disease Prevalence Rate (Prevalence)
- Mortality Statistics (Leading Causes of Death, Mortality Vital Statistics)
- 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
- Usage
- Determine probability of developing a specific disease
- Used to detect etiologic factors
- References
- Hennekens (1987) Epidemiology Medicine, p.54-98