incidence

Examples of incidence in the following topics:

• The Vocabulary Epidemiology

  • Although sometimes loosely expressed simply as the number of new cases during a time period, it is better expressed as the incidence rate which is the number of new cases per population in a given time period.
  • Thus, incidence conveys information about the risk of contracting the disease, whereas prevalence indicates how widespread the disease is.
  • In epidemiology, the term morbidity rate can refer to either the incidence rate, or the prevalence of a disease, or medical condition.
  • Compare and contrast the following concepts: epidemic, endemic, pandemic; incidence vs prevalence; morbidity vs mortality; incubation, latency, acute, decline and convalescent periods

• Radiation

  • Any incidents that have occurred in the past are documented and thoroughly analyzed to determine root cause and improvement potential.
  • An incident in Decatur, Georgia where water soluble cesium-137 leaked into the source storage pool requiring NRC intervention has led to near elimination of this radioisotope; it has been replaced by the more costly, non-water soluble cobalt-60.

• Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

  • An emerging infectious disease is a disease with a rate of incidence that has increased in the past 20 years, and could increase in the near future.
  • An emerging infectious disease (EID) is an infectious disease whose incidence has increased in the past 20 years, and could increase in the near future.

• Microbial Environments and Microenvironments

  • These differences define so-called microenvironments (or microhabitats) that can be distinguished from the immediate surroundings by such factors as the amount of incident light, the degree of moisture, and the range of temperatures.

• Vaccination

  • Global mass vaccination drives have met with enormous success in reducing the incidence of many diseases.

• Descriptive Epidemiology

  • The end goal of both branches is to reduce the incidence of health events or diseases by understanding the risk factors for the health events or diseases.

• Hydrogen Oxidation

  • Infection is more prevalent in developing countries and incidence is decreasing in Western countries.
  • Infection is more prevalent in developing countries and incidence is decreasing in Western countries.

• Current Epidemics

  • The declaration of an epidemic usually requires a good understanding of a baseline rate of incidence; epidemics for certain diseases, such as influenza, are defined as reaching some defined increase in incidence above this baseline.

• Portals of Exit

  • It is also responsible for the increased incidence of herpes simplex virus 1 (which is usually responsible for oral infections) in genital infections and the increased incidence of the type 2 virus (more common genitally) in oral infections.

• Disease Reservoirs and Epidemics

  • The declaration of an epidemic usually requires a good understanding of a baseline rate of incidence.
  • Epidemics for certain diseases, such as influenza, are defined as reaching some defined increase in incidence above this baseline.