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Incidence Rate

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-013995

1. The ratio of new cases within a population to the total population at risk given a specified period of time.

2. A measure of the frequency with which an event, such as a new case of illness, occurs in a population over a period of time. The denominator is the population at risk; the numerator is the number of new cases occurring during a given time period.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-013995
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesIntegrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003; CDC 2005
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Incidence Rate",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The ratio of new cases within a population to the total population at risk given a specified period of time.\n\n2. A measure of the frequency with which an event, such as a new case of illness, occurs in a population over a period of time. The denominator is the population at risk; the numerator is the number of new cases occurring during a given time period.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003",
    "CDC 2005"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/incidence-rate/"
}

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