FPGEE Foreign Pharmacy

Category - Social & Administrative

Which of the following terms describes the number of people affected by a disease during a specific period of time?
  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
  3. Mortality rate
  4. Epidemiology
Explanation
Answer: B - Prevalence is the number of people affected by a disease during a specific period of time. Incidence is a measurement of the risk of a specific population developing a new disease within a set time period. Mortality rate describes how many deaths occur in a set time period due to the cause in question. Epidemiology is the study of disease distribution in different populations of people and what factors affect the distribution of diseases.
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