Number of individuals who become ill with a particular disease within a susceptible population during a specified time period.
Rates used to express the incidence of disease or prevalence of disease. See Incidence rate and Prevalence rate.
is the number of cases of a particular disease occurring in a single year often expressed as 'x cases per 1000'.
The rate at which sickness and injury occur within a defined group of people. Insurers base health insurance premiums in part on the morbidity rate for a proposed insured's age group. Contrast with mortality rate.
The likelihood that a person of a given age will suffer an illness or disability. The premium that a person pays for health insurance is based in part on the morbidity rate for that person's age group.
Rates that have been developed based on the accumulation of statistics and data and that are used to show the percentage or ratio of how often certain types of sickness or illness occur within a given period of time to the classification or a specific group of insureds.
a mathematical calculation that shows the ratio of occurrence of illnesses and diseases to a specific classification of people.
Term used loosely to refer to incidence or prevalence rates of disease IPCS, 1978
The rate of disease or proportion of diseased people in a population.
The number of patients in a defined population who develop a morbid condition over a specified period of time.
is the percentage of deaths associated with a disease or medical treatment.
The ratio of the incidence of sickness to the number of well persons in a given group of people over a given period of time. It may be the incidence of the number of new cases in the given time or the total number of cases of a given disease or disorder.
The rate at which sickness, injury, and failure of health occur among a defined group of people. The premium that a person pays for health insurance is based in part on the morbidity rate for that person's age group.
The sickness rate; the number of people who are sick or have a disease compared with the number who are well.