Definition: The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.
IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM); no qualif; total number of new cases: do not confuse with PREVALENCE, total number of new & old cases; read MeSH definitions; specify geog if pertinent
