Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Incidence

Incidence vs Prevalence

The "prevalence" of a condition means the number of people who currently have the condition, whereas "incidence" refers to the annual number of people who have a case of the condition.

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Incidence: CML has an incidence of around 1–2 cases per 100,000; in
Australia, there are probably more than 200 new cases per year

Prevalence: 1300 prevalent cases/Australia.

Joske, D. J. L. (2008). "Chronic myeloid leukaemia: the evolution of gene-targeted therapy." Medical Journal of Australia 189(5): 277-82.

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