Dr. Cuthbert assesses the proportion of people on the island who have a gambling addiction one year after a new casino is built beside Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. She is assessing the ________ of the disorder.
A)prevalence
B)incidence
C)base-rate
D)case-rate

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Prevalence refers to the proportion of individuals in a population who have a specific disorder or condition at a specific point in time. In this case, Dr. Cuthbert is assessing the proportion of people on the island who have a gambling addiction after the new casino is built, which is a measure of prevalence. Incidence refers to the number of new cases of a disorder that occur over a specific period of time, base-rate refers to the overall frequency of a disorder in a given population, and case-rate is not a commonly used term in epidemiology.

Dr Cuthbert Assesses the Proportion of People on the Island