Author Question: In general, chronic diseases are likely to have A) higher incidence than prevalence. B) higher ... (Read 139 times)

sammy · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

In general, chronic diseases are likely to have

A) higher incidence than prevalence.
B) higher prevalence than incidence.
C) similar incidence and prevalence.
D) no usual pattern between the two.

Question 2

Prevalence of an illness refers to

A) the proportion of the population that has a disease at a specific time.
B) the number of new disease cases in a year.
C) the percentage of new disease cases in a year.
D) the percentage of total deaths caused by a disease in one year.