A community nurse at the health department is trying to identify how many new cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)disease have occurred in the city this past year.Which statistic should the nurse examine?

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Incidence will provide the number of cases of a particular disease process.Mortality statistics specify the number of deaths from a given cause.Morbidity statistics specify the prevalence of specific illnesses in a population at a particular time.

A Community Nurse at the Health Department Is Trying to Identify