tommyk
04-04-2004, 01:54 AM
Case: In a population of 10,000, in 2003, a total of 1,000 people died of a new alien virus. During 2003, 500 new cases of the viral illness was diagnosed. Calculate the INCIDENCE rate for 2003:
A) YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS. I.R. is calculated by dividing the number of new cases by the population at risk within a said time period. So, here we have 500/10,000 or 5%.
A) YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS. I.R. is calculated by dividing the number of new cases by the population at risk within a said time period. So, here we have 500/10,000 or 5%.