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number of new cases in a fixed period of time/ number of people at risk
incidence
number of people with a disease/number of people at risk
prevalence
also referred to as risk or absolute risk of a disease
incidence
incidence in exposed individuals/ incidence in unexposed individuals
relative risk
the proportion of people with a disease who are correctly predicted by the test to have the disease
sensitivity
the proportion of people without a disease who are correctly predicted by the test to not have the disease
specificity
t/f. if prevalence is low then less people will be correctly identified as diseased or not diseased
false. when prevalence is low, then more people will be incorrectly identified as diseased or not diseased