发病率 (fā bìng lǜ) — incidence rate (of disease)

Definition

A medical/epidemiological term for the rate at which new cases of a disease appear in a population over a period. Focuses on new occurrences, unlike 患病率, which counts all existing cases at a given time.

noun

incidence rate (of disease)

Examples

发病率。
Zhè lǐ de ái zhèng fā bìng lǜ zhú nián shàng shēng.
The cancer incidence rate here is rising year by year.
，发病率。
Gēn jù zuì xīn shù jù, gāi bìng de fā bìng lǜ yǒu suǒ xià jiàng.
According to the latest data, the incidence rate of this disease has decreased.
发病率。
Zhèng fǔ zhèng nǔ lì jiàng dī zhè zhǒng chuán rǎn bìng de fā bìng lǜ.
The government is working hard to reduce the incidence rate of this infectious disease.

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