WRONG: Incidence is the number of NEW cases over a specific time period.  [19% of test-takers agreed with the answer you gave]

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Original Question: In a single year, there are 100 new cases of Disease X in a community of 10,000 people. At mid-year, there are a total of 500 people with Disease X in the community. What is the incidence of Disease X?

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