increasing incidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandincidence
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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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 ofincreaseandincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Increasingincidenceof right-sided lesions in colorectal cancer.
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There appears to be anincreasingincidenceof facial clefts over time.
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Globally there is massive movement of food products, along with anincreasingincidenceof salmonellosis in many countries.
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Despite theincreasingincidenceof early divorce about half of divorces occur after the second quinquennium of marriage, and divorcing continues to advanced durations.
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We assess claims that the documented rise in psychiatric morbidity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was associated with anincreasingincidenceof schizophrenia.
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Increasingincidenceand epidemiologic correlates.
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Although incidence is typically highest in infants, outbreaks and anincreasingincidencein adolescents and young adults have also garnered greater attention (8).
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Research has shown that there is not a trend towardincreasingincidencewith declining social class (4).
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Hyperosmolar coma in surgical patients: an iatrogenic disease ofincreasingincidence.
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This, presumably, is one of the reasons behind theincreasingincidenceof religious violence on the campuses.
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Theincreasingincidenceof human campylobacteriosis.
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In addition to being costly, such inappropriate use may contribute to theincreasingincidenceof bacterial resistance in hospitalized patients (9;15).
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Over the incidence range 0 < a/7 < 0.18, the wake lengthens slightly withincreasingincidence.
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Two major problems are the long-term fate of the right ventricle as a systemic pump and theincreasingincidenceof major arrhythmias with more prolonged follow-up.
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Although incidence and prevalence estimates were flawed, they did suggest a trend ofincreasingincidence and prevalence of diagnosed lymphoedema, possibly related to increased awareness among referrers.
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This was made painfully apparent during the rapid growth period by a -ood of defective products into the marketplace and theincreasingincidenceof consumer fraud.
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Hence, byincreasingincidencein adults varicella vaccination programmes could lead to an overall reduction in public health.
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