sumspeople  +  83155 Wed, 23 Mar 05 08:56 AM WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “incidence”,mortality,morbidity,fatality? sumspeople Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 New Member 20 Difference Between

	Melodie  +  84213 Sun, 27 Mar 05 04:53 AM Hi! 'Need some clarification here. Are you asking for the definition of each of these words or are you linking them to "incidence" or the incident rate? For example, a fatality is a death or dead body. A fatality rate is the noted death rate in a series of people effected by the same incident like a disaster, war or famine. Melodie Melodie Joined on Fri, Nov 28 2003 New Member 35

	abbie1948  +  84863 Tue, 29 Mar 05 05:17 PM Incidence - the frequency with which something occurs. In medical terms, it usually refers to the statistical occurance of (e.g.) a disease within the general population, measured by how many cases there are per x thousand of the population generally. Mortality - The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population. Can also refer to the rate of death from a particular disease. e.g. SARS has almost 100% mortality. Morbidity - diseased condition or state or the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. Fatality - condition, disease, or disaster ending in death. abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member 2,657 Hope that helps. Abbie

	julielai  +  91636 Wed, 20 Apr 05 01:53 AM Mortality - deaths in a population. The mortality rate is normally the ratio of deaths to the sum of births in a given period. (Studied it in my demography course. ) julielai Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 Senior Member 3,827 Just another blogger (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/julie-lai)

	abbie1948  +  91782 Wed, 20 Apr 05 12:08 PM Hi Guest, Morbidity relates to illness Morbidity - diseased condition or state, or the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. Mortality relates to death Mortality - The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population. Can also refer to the rate of death from a particular disease. e.g. SARS has almost 100% mortality. abbie1948

	julielai  +  91801 Wed, 20 Apr 05 01:28 PM Hi Abbie, The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population. Can also refer to the rate of death from a particular disease. e.g. SARS has almost 100% mortality. ” If I'm not mistaken, mortality rate (as in infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate) is calculated as the ratio of deaths to births (or births + deaths) in a given period (not always, but very often) Mortality itself isn't a rate. From Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary for learners of English: 1 [U ] the state of being human and not living for ever: After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality. 2 [U ] the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time: the infant mortality rate (= the number of babies that die at or just after birth) Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing. 3 [C ] (technical) a death: hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital) I could very well be wrong though. Thanks! julielai Verbs, Phrasal Verbs