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Disease Incidence RateAka: Incidence
- 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
- Number of new disease cases per population at risk
- Usage
- Determine probability of developing a specific disease
- Used to detect etiologic factors
- References
- Hennekens (1987) Epidemiology Medicine, p.54-98
Incidence (C0021149) | |
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| 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 |
| Parent Concepts | Morbidity - disease rate (C0026538), Vital Statistics (C0042836) |
| Sources | AOD, MSH, MTH, NCI Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
