Antalet nya fall av en given sjukdom under en given tidsperiod i en viss population. Begreppet används även för ökningstakten av nya fall i en given population. Det måste särskiljas från prevalens, som avser samtliga sjukdomsfall, gamla och nya, hos en population vid en given tidpunkt.
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.
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