For a disease like pancreatic cancer, which has a high case fatality rate:a. Incidence rates and mortality rates for this disease will be similar. b. Mortality rates will be much higher than incidence rates. c. Incidence rates will be much higher than mortality rates. d. None of the above.
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- Incidence rate refers to the number of new cases of a disease in a specific population during a certain time period. - Mortality rate refers to the number of deaths caused by the disease in that same population during the same time period. Show more…
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