When trying to determine whether the swine flu outbreak was getting worse, which of the following rates should be carefully observed?
a. The crude death rate
b. The age-specific death rate
c. The swine flu incidence rate
d. The swine flu prevalence rate
ANS: C
The incidence rate of new cases would be most useful for detecting short-term acute disease changes, because the swine flu duration is usually relatively short.
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