Data indicate that there were 14 deaths in the year 2003 related to suicide in a specific community.What would this be termed?

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The term used to describe the number of new cases of a specific health condition or event (such as suicide) within a population during a specific time period is incidence rate. Therefore, the 14 deaths in the year 2003 related to suicide would be termed an incidence rate. Option A is incorrect because prospective rate is not a commonly used term in epidemiology. Option B is incorrect because prevalence rate measures the total number of cases of a health condition or event that exist in a population at a particular point in time, not the number of new cases occurring during a specific time period. Option D is incorrect because "epidemiologic rate" is not a recognized term in epidemiology.

Data Indicate That There Were 14 Deaths in the Year