actual incidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactualandincidence
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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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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 ofactualandincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such documentary evidence forms an imperfect measure of theactualincidenceof corruption, since many incidents are never discovered or prosecuted, especially in corrupt environments.
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The representation of crime was not primarily determined by theactualincidenceof or trends in offending.
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Figure 2 compares the predicted mean incidence of disease with theactualincidencein children <16 years old, as observed during the intensified surveillance.
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Figures on theactualincidenceof people with dementia are not available as many sufferers are not in contact with services.
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I believe that theactualincidenceof venereal disease, although the figures quoted already are grave, are only symptomatic of a far graver problem.
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The statistics on what is reported bear no resemblance to theactualincidenceof fraud in any one country.
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These figures, however, do not necessarily reflect theactualincidenceof the disease.
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Recorded crime is not the same as theactualincidenceof crime.
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The numbers of notified cases of food poisoning are likely to underestimate considerably theactualincidenceof food poisoning.
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I know that theactualincidenceof the coal trade was most carefully considered, and ten years was considered to be the right period.
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Theactualincidenceof the ordinary pressure of the present time is such that every extra penny counts.
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This is a very important matter, and when one looks at theactualincidenceof these high rates of interest, it is even more pressing.
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There is obviously a wide chasm between the number of severely disabled people known to public authorities and theactualincidenceof severe disablement.
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Although the appalling figure of something like 3,000 to 3,500 deaths from cervical cancer occurs each year, theactualincidenceof cervical cancer is very much higher.
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Specifically because, when we tested the use of the unemployment indicator across the country, we could not find any serious correlation between expenditure needs and theactualincidenceof unemployment.
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Theactualincidencewas likely much higher.
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Past research indicates that theactualincidenceof rabies in bat populations is less than 0.5% in most areas.
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Theactualincidenceof death or serious injury must also be considered.
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Theactualincidenceof social monogamy varies greatly across different branches of the evolutionary tree.
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