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Disease incidence

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001887

The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It is differentiated from [disease] prevalence, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001887
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEpidemiology; Disease occurrence; Disease surveys; Incidence; Disease prevalence
TranslationsSpanish: incidencia de la enfermedades
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001887",
  "term": "Disease incidence",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It is differentiated from [disease] prevalence, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "epidemiology",
    "disease occurrence",
    "disease surveys",
    "incidence",
    "disease prevalence"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "incidencia de la enfermedades"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/disease-incidence/"
}

Record 1,864 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.