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What is The number of new cases occuring in a defind population during a specified period of time is called and explain in detail?
Incidence is defined as the number of new cases occurring in a defined population during a specified period of time.incidence rate refers only to new cases,during a given period and also in a specified population or population at risk.ref:parks textbook of preventive and social medicine,22 nd edition,pg no 58