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Exercise and reference answers
- Left
- Incidence
- Items
- Item
- New cases only
- Answer
- Incidence
- Item
- Measure of risk
- Answer
- Incidence
- Item
- Existing cases too
- Answer
- Prevalence
- Item
- Used in risk ratio
- Answer
- Incidence
- Item
- Duration matters
- Answer
- Prevalence
- Item
- Snapshot in time
- Answer
- Prevalence
- Item
- Attack rate is one
- Answer
- Incidence
- Item
- Fits chronic cases
- Answer
- Prevalence
- Right
- Prevalence
- Instructions
- Swipe left for incidence, right for prevalence.
Explanation
_Source: CDC Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (3rd ed., US federal, public domain), Lesson 3 "Measures of Risk", section Properties and uses of prevalence_