{"id":63833,"date":"2020-12-07T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T06:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=63833"},"modified":"2023-09-22T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T09:43:03","slug":"incidence-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/incidence-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Incidence rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The amount or occurrence of disease, injury, or death in a given period of time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The number of new cases of a disease during a given period, per thousand of population.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A measure of morbidity based on the number of new episodes of illness arising in a population over an estimated period. It can be expressed in terms of sick persons or episodes per 1000 individuals at risk. Compare prevalence rate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-9\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rate at which a disease occurs in a specific population over a set period is called its incidence. 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