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Incidence
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Number of NEW cases contracted within a population during a specific period of time.
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Prevalence
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Total number of people infected within population at any given time
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Mortality
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Number of deaths due to a disease in a population during a specific period in relation to the total population
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Morbidity
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Number of individuals affected by a disease during a set period in relation to the total number in the population
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Endemic
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Disease is present continually in the population of a particular geographic area but both the number of reported cases and the severity of the disease is too low to be a public health concern (US chickenpox)
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Epidemic
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Disease has a higher then normal incidence in a population in a particular geographic area. Morbidity and mortality rates are a concern for public health (diphtheria in Russia)
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Common source outbreak
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Epidemic arises from contact with contaminated substances
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Propagated epidemic
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Pathogen can be passed person to person
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Pandemic
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Epidemic spreads worldwide (cholera in South America)
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