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D2AR0N

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The ______________ of a disorder is the total proportion of people in a given population who have been affected by the disorder at some point during their lives.
 
  Not sure about this one

Question 2

________________ refers to the total number of active cases, both old and new, of a disorder that are present in a population during a specific period of time.
 
  Incidence maybe?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: lifetime prevalence

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Prevalence


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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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