morbidity rate

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00:54 May 5, 2020
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical: Health Care, Science (general)
English term or phrase: morbidity rate
Definition from TIME:
The morbidity rate is a measure of how many people have an illness relative to the population.

Example sentence(s):
  • The objective, the ministry says, is to reduce the morbidity and mortality rate that has arisen due to COVID-19. Free Press Journal
  • Health experts suspect the toll is almost certainly higher, pointing to an elevated morbidity rate among older people suffering from a range of other illnesses who were not tested or, as is common in Indonesia, never subject to a post-mortem autopsy. Asia Times
  • Widespread coronavirus testing at a far higher rate than has been the case in the country’s European neighbours has played an important role the low morbidity rate. More than one million individuals have been tested for coronavirus in Germany. The National
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5morbiditeetti, sairastuvuus, ilmaantuvuus
Tarja Karjalainen


  

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morbiditeetti, sairastuvuus, ilmaantuvuus


Definition from Terveyskirjasto:
insidenssi, sairastuvuus; tietyllä aikavälillä tietyssä ihmisjoukossa ilmaantuneiden uusien tautitapausten määrä (yleensä suhteutettuna henkilövuosiin); vrt. esiintyvyys, vallitsevuus.
Ks. myös Epidemiologian sanasto: https://www.finepi.fi/epidemiologian-sanasto-englanti-suomi

Example sentence(s):
  • Ilmaantuvuudella tarkoitetaan tiettynä ajanjaksona ilmaantuvien uusien tapausten määrää jaettuna tarkasteltavan väestön koolla. Kuolleisuus (mortaliteetti) ja sairastuvuus (morbiditeetti) ovat yleisimmin käytetyt ilmaantuvuusluvut. - Terveytemme  
  • Alustavasti näyttää siltä, että sairastuvuuteen vaikuttavat ikä, sukupuoli, elintavat, perussairaudet ja lääkitys. Myös geneettiset erot vaikuttavat siihen, miten helposti infektiotaudit ylipäätään tarttuvat eri ihmisiin. - YLE  
  • Päivystyksen kävijämäärät ovat pienentyneet kuukauden ajan. Lasten sairastuvuus tai syyt päivystykselliseen hoitoon hakeutumiselle eivät kuitenkaan ole muuttuneet. - Lääkärilehti  
Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
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