<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Incidence (epidemiology) - Page 1 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=incidence_%28epidemiology%29&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>In <a href="page.php?w=epidemiology">epidemiology</a>, <b>incidence</b> reflects the number of new cases of a given <a href="page.php?w=medical_condition">medical condition</a> in a population within a specified period of time. </p>

<p><big>Incidence proportion</big></p>
<p><b>Incidence proportion</b> (<b>IP</b>), also known as <b>cumulative incidence</b>, is defined as the probability that a particular event, such as occurrence of a particular disease, has occurred in a specified period:</p>

<p>For example, if a population contains 1,000 persons and</p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=incidence_%28epidemiology%29&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
