incidence of illness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincidenceandillness
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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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illness
noun
uk/ˈɪl.nəs/us/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofincidenceandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, while deriving the annual cost of illness, the variation in theincidenceofillnessover the year has to be considered.
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From the starting point of theincidenceofillnessonward, both formal and informal care yield utility because the alternative is no care at all.
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Informal caregivers give up normal activities because of theincidenceofillnessin their immediate social environment.
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The presence or absence of sibs appears to have had no effect on theincidenceofillness.
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It is widely recognized that theincidenceofillnessand symptoms in the community is high.
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There are no facts to be found to refute the claim that the frequency of prescriptions is related to theincidenceofillness.
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But the committee will need to consider the increasingincidenceofillnessin relation, among other matters, to changes in retailing and in the home.
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One has to bear in mind that theincidenceofillnessamong the elderly is very considerable because we have an increasing elderly population.
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There is a need also to take account of theincidenceofillnessas a separate factor.
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Thus, there is an historical basis for the long-term hope that prevention will reduce theincidenceofillness.
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The survey was founded in the need for an accurate report on theincidenceofillnessin infancy.
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Some of them have found an increasedincidenceofillnessin people living close to power lines, but other studies have not.
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We recognise that it is an unsatisfactory proxy measure for theincidenceofillness.
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But at present, drug costs in some places are nearly twice as high per head of population as in others, even where theincidenceofillnessis much the same.
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Is it not the case that a great deal of research shows that the highestincidenceofillnessoccurs among low paid and poorly housed people—people with very little money?
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It certainly needs to be broad, and it needs to investigate theincidenceofillnessamong veterans and compare it with the incidence of illness in the population in general.
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In each case there is a steady relationship between what we know about theincidenceofillnessand what we know about the spread-over of prescriptions.
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The authority says in its strategic plan for 1987–94 that there is a close correlation between theincidenceofillnessand social and economic circumstances.
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This study found a highincidenceofillnessand death from asbestos-related diseases among the small number of workers in the sample.
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