Asked by
Nathan Beller
on Dec 07, 2024Verified
If one knew that was currently a total of 500,000 cases of schizophrenia in the United States, that person would know the _____ of schizophrenia in the United States.
A) incidence
B) prevalence
C) risk
D) correlation coefficient
Prevalence
The percentage of people identified with a disease or condition at a given moment.
Incidence
a measure used in epidemiology to refer to the rate at which new cases of a disease or condition occur in a population over a specified period of time.
Correlation Coefficient
A statistical measure that describes the extent to which two variables change together and thus how well one variable predicts the other.
- Distinguish between the incidence and prevalence of conditions or diseases in epidemiological studies.
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Learning Objectives
- Distinguish between the incidence and prevalence of conditions or diseases in epidemiological studies.