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Incidence(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Incidence
Used for/see from:
  • Attack Rate
  • Cumulative Incidence
  • Incidence Proportion
  • Incidence Rate
  • Person-time Rate
  • Scondary Attack Rate
  • n: Attack Rate, Scondary
  • n: Attack Rates
  • n: Cumulative Incidences
  • n: Incidence Proportions
  • n: Incidence Rates
  • n: Incidence, Cumulative
  • n: Incidences
  • n: Person time Rate
  • n: Person-time Rates
  • n: Proportion, Incidence
  • n: Rate, Attack
  • n: Rate, Incidence
  • n: Rate, Person-time
  • n: Rate, Scondary Attack
  • n: Scondary Attack Rates
See also:

IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease /epidemiol; specify geographic term if pertinent

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 in the population at a given time.

90; was see INCIDENCE STUDIES 1989

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