The mayor of a city wants to know the number of new cases of a disorder over the past year. The mayor should ask an epidemiologist for the ________ of the disorder.
A) prevalence rate
B) incidence rate
C) point prevalence
D) acute occurrence

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The mayor wants to know the number of new cases over the past year, which corresponds to the incidence rate of the disorder. Prevalence rate refers to the total number of cases (both old and new) in a population at a specific time, and point prevalence is the proportion of cases at a specific point in time. Acute occurrence does not relate to the measurement of disease frequency.

The Mayor of a City Wants to Know the Number