The population health nurse is compiling childhood illness statistics and finds that the morbidity for chickenpox is higher for one neighborhood in comparison to the local county. What does this information mean to the nurse?
1. There are new cases of chickenpox in the neighborhood.
2. There are a larger percentage of children with chickenpox in the neighborhood.
3. A large group of children have been affected by chickenpox in the neighborhood.
4. There has been a rise in the number of children with chickenpox during a specified period of time in the neighborhood.
Answer: 4
Explanation: 4. Morbidity is the ratio of the number of cases of a disease or condition to the number of people in the population. The morbidity for chickenpox indicates the total number and new cases identified during and at a specified period of time. Incidence is the number of new cases alone. The percentage with chickenpox represents case rate. Prevalence is the group affected by chickenpox.
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