Epidemiology for Public Health Practice: Incidence and Prevalence

Incidence and prevalence are commonly used to measure the existence of disease in a population. In what instances would prevalence be a better indicator of disease burden than incidence? When would incidence be a more appropriate measure? When responding to your classmates, offer additional examples of appropriate uses for incidence and prevalence and explain how the two measures are related.

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