Which type of cases tends to be expressed in terms of incidence?

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Key factors in assessing the need for screening criteria are quantifying measures of disease frequency.Two measures most used in epidemiology are incidence and prevalence.Incidence indicates the rate of a new population problem and estimates the risk of an individual developing a disease or condition during a specific period or over a lifetime.Prevalence is the proportion of a given population with the disease or condition at any one point in time.It provides the best estimate of whether a person is likely to become ill during a specific period of time.In short, incidence is new cases, and prevalence is all cases within a set period of time.Usually chronic conditions are measured by their prevalence (generally existing), whereas acute conditions are assessed by their incidence (rate of new occurrences).Whether the disease affects children and whether full recovery is expected are not relevant considerations to the concept of incidence.

Which Type of Cases Tends to Be Expressed in Terms