The following are all characteristics of the prevalence of a disease except one, which one?
A)It includes all of the existing cases of disease in a community
B)It depends on the duration of the disease process
C)It can be used to help determine the health care needs of a community
D)It depends on the incidence of disease
E)It is always measured over time

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Prevalence is measured at a single point in time.(An exception is period
prevalence which counts all cases that were present at some point during a given time
window).

The Following Are All Characteristics of the Prevalence of a Disease