definitions

Question 1

Incedence

Answer 1

The amount of new cases within a population during a specific time

Question 2

Prevalence

Answer 2

the amount of existing cases within a population existing at a given time

Question 3

Specficity

Answer 3

test specificity is the ability of a test to correctly identify the number of those without a disease (true negative rate)

Question 4

Sensitivity

Answer 4

test sensitivity is the ability of a test to correctly identify those with the disease (true positive rate)