overall incidence

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandincidence

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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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incidence
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/us
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
an event, or the rate at which ...
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(Definition ofoverallandincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theoverallincidenceof evacuation was 198 events per 2637 person-years (7.5/100 person-years).
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Estimates of theoverallincidenceof taxation and spending are sensitive to the assumptions made in the analysis.
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Few reports, however, have addressed theoverallincidenceof acute complications of therapeutic cardiac catheterization in patients with congenital heart disease.
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Among individuals aged more than 15 years, theoverallincidencewas 47 times lower than in children, and in addition, decreased markedly with age.
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In contrast, theoverallincidenceof obstructive lesions of the right heart was similar in the two groups of patients (24.6 versus 39-4%).
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Theoverallincidencewas 0.4/1000 live births.
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As predicted, theoverallincidenceof connectives did not differ significantly between authentic and simplified texts.
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The hospitalization and mortality rates in the general population and among varicella cases were not sensitive to theoverallincidenceof varicella.
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Theoverallincidencewas 12 per 1000 deliveries.
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Theoverallincidenceof nuchal cord on scan was 20%.
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As active surveillance roughly doubled case-detection rates, the actualoverallincidenceassuming active surveillance for a full year, is roughly approximated at 2-3 cases per child per year.
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Only a few reports, however, have addressed theoverallincidenceof acute complications of therapeutic cardiac catheterization, all representing the experience of centres performing moderate-to-large numbers of procedures.
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Althoughoverallincidenceis highest among the youngest children, only 24 % of cases under 15 years reported recent travel abroad, compared to 44 % in all age groups.
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Overallincidenceof coronary aneurysms was 16%, varying from 0 to 27% per year, the incidence being significantly higher in "epidemic" years (20%) compared to "non-epidemic" years (12%) (p=0.01).
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Theoverallincidenceof cerebral palsy in the monitored group was 1.21 per 1000 whereas in a concurrent untested population (34,987 patients) the rate was 4.7 per 1000.
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A comparative study68 with carbamazepine in the general adult population with both primary generalization and partial and secondary generalized seizures showed similar efficacy andoverallincidenceof 'severe' sideeffects.
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It found no evidence of association between residence near oil refineries and theoverallincidenceof lymphatic and haematopoietic malignancies in this age group.
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