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What does the term 'prevalence' indicate in a population?
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What does the term 'prevalence' indicate in a population?
The number of new cases of a disease
The total number of existing cases of a disease at a specific time
The number of deaths from a disease
The rate of disease transmission
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What does the term 'prevalence' indicate in a population?
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Step 1: Understand that 'prevalence' is a term used in health and medicine.
Step 2: Know that it refers to the number of people who have a specific disease.
Step 3: Recognize that this count is taken at a specific point in time.
Step 4: Realize that prevalence includes both new and existing cases of the disease.
Step 5: Remember that prevalence is usually expressed as a percentage or a number per a certain population size.
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