De incidentie
Example: De incidentie van deze ziekte is de laatste jaren gestegen.
Definition
"De incidentie" refers to the frequency or rate at which new cases of a particular disease or event occur within a specified population during a certain period of time. For example, "De incidentie van deze ziekte is de laatste jaren gestegen" means the occurrence of this disease has increased in recent years.
Etymology
The word "de incidentie" comes from the Latin 'incidens,' meaning 'falling upon' or 'happening.' It was adopted into Dutch to describe the occurrence or rate of events, especially in medical and statistical contexts. Did you know? The term is closely related to 'incident,' which generally means an event or occurrence.
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"De incidentie" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - (C1) - set 1", containing 120 commonly used words.
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