Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015994
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015994
Preferred Name

Incidence

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Incidence Rate
Attack Rate
Incidences
Rate, Incidence
Person-time Rate
Rate, Attack
Secondary Attack Rate
Attack Rates
Person time Rate
Cumulative Incidence
Person-time Rates
Cumulative Incidences
Incidence, Cumulative
Incidence Proportions
Rate, Person-time
Incidence Rates
Secondary Attack Rates
Rate, Secondary Attack
Attack Rate, Secondary
Proportion, Incidence
Incidence Proportion
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