Health event

A health event can be positive or negative. An example of a health event is the development of a disease, an injury, or responding to a medicine.

Glossary: Lifetime prevalence [LTP]
Glossary: Incidence
Epidemiologic concepts: incidence and prevalence
Epidemiology is the underlying and basic science of public health. It could be defined as any research of health events in populations, including: how many are affected by such events, is the risk increasing or decreasing, what is the relevance of the problem and how could it be prevented.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of the various factors influencing the occurrence, distribution, or prevention and control of disease, injury, and other health-related events in a defined human population.
Glossary: Incidence

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