Term (to be avoided) used loosely to refer to incidence or prevalence rates of disease.

The number of cases of an illness, injury or condition within a given time (usually a year). It can also refer to the percentage of people with a particular illness, injury or condition within a defin [..]

Definition A ratio determined by comparing the frequency of illness to the amount of healthy people in a group of people over a certain time frame. This rate may also be calculated using the incidence [..]

The chance that an individual at a certain age will become ill or disabled. In health insurance a persons premium is somewhat based on the morbidity rating for their specific age group.

defines an incidence of a specific disease or condition expressed as a ratio of a population.

The sickness rate; the number of people who are sick or have a disease compared with the number who are well.

An actuarial term for the likelihood that medical expenses will occur.

The ratio of the incidence of sickness to the number of well persons in a given group of people over a given period of time. It may be the incidence of the number of new cases in the given time or the [..]

Term used loosely to refer to incidence or prevalence rates of disease.