The _____ of developing a disease is expressed as the ratio of the disease rate among the exposed population to the disease rate in an unexposed population.

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The ratio of disease rate among exposed population to disease rate in unexposed population is called relative risk. Option A (attributable risk) refers to the difference in risk between exposed and unexposed populations. Option B (contingency risk) and option C (causal risk) are not commonly used terms in epidemiology.

The _____ of Developing a Disease Is Expressed as the Ratio