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Descriptor
English
:
Incidence
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Incidencia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Incidência
Synonyms
English
:
Incidences
Incidence Rate
Tree Number:
E05.318.308.985.525.375
N01.224.935.597.500
N06.850.505.400.975.525.375
N06.850.520.308.985.525.375
SP4.001.012.153.244.150
SP5.001.032.058
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
IM GEN only; coord NIM with
disease
/epidemiol (IM); no qualif; total number of new cases: do not confuse with
PREVALENCE
, total number of new & old cases; read MeSH definitions; specify geog if pertinent
History Note
English
:
90; was see INCIDENCE STUDIES 1989
Record Number:
28583
Unique Identifier:
D015994
Occurrence in VHL
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