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MORBIDITY RATE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Epidemiology
DEF

The rate of illness in a population.

OBS

The number of people ill during a time period divided by the number of people in the total population.

Key term(s)
  • rate of morbidity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

Rapport, exprimé en pourcentage, entre le nombre de personnes atteintes d'une maladie donnée et la population totale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
  • Epidemiología
DEF

Proporción de personas que enferman en un sitio y tiempo.

OBS

El término morbididad desapareció en la 21a edición del Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, en el que quedó solo el término morbilidad.

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