Epidemiology

Question 1

what is morbidity?

Answer 1

the state of having a disease or condition, or the amount of disease in a population.

Question 2

what is mortibility?

Answer 2

a mortality rate tracks the number of deaths from illness or disease within a population.

Question 3

incidence?

Answer 3

Incidence is the number of new cases of a condition, symptom, death, or injury that develop during a specific time period, such as a year.

Question 4

prevalence?

Answer 4

The number of cases of a disease, number of infected people, or number of people with some other attribute present during a particular interval of time.