TY - JOUR
T1 - Measures of Disease Frequency: Prevalence and Incidence
AU - Noordzij, Marlies
AU - Dekker, Friedo W.
AU - Zoccali, Carmine
AU - Jager, Kitty J.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - To describe how often a disease or another health event occurs in a population, different measures of disease frequency can be used. The prevalence reflects the number of existing cases of a disease. In contrast to the prevalence, the incidence reflects the number of new cases of disease and can be reported as a risk or as an incidence rate. Prevalence and incidence are used for different purposes and to answer different research questions. In this article, we discuss the different measures of disease frequency and we explain when to apply which measure. Copyright (c) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
AB - To describe how often a disease or another health event occurs in a population, different measures of disease frequency can be used. The prevalence reflects the number of existing cases of a disease. In contrast to the prevalence, the incidence reflects the number of new cases of disease and can be reported as a risk or as an incidence rate. Prevalence and incidence are used for different purposes and to answer different research questions. In this article, we discuss the different measures of disease frequency and we explain when to apply which measure. Copyright (c) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1159/000286345
DO - https://doi.org/10.1159/000286345
M3 - Article
C2 - 20173345
SN - 1660-2110
VL - 115
SP - E17-E20
JO - Nephron. Clinical practice
JF - Nephron. Clinical practice
IS - 1
ER -