Attack Rate (AT)

A form of incidence that measures the proportion of persons in a population who experience an acute health event during a limited period (e.g., during an outbreak), calculated as the number of new cases of a health problem during an outbreak divided by the size of the population at the beginning of the period, usually expressed as a percentage or per 1,000 or 100,000 population.

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Authors U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD); Career Development Division (CDD)
PublicationTitle Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Glossary
PublicationType Textbook/Course
PublicationYear 2012
Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Website https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/glossary.html
ZoteroURL https://www.zotero.org/groups/2344323/orion/items/itemKey/5JX3T5NB
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Category Epidemiology
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RelatedTerm incidence rate
Sector Public Health
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Author taras_guenther
Last Updated 28 April 2020, 01:28 (CEST)
Created 26 September 2019, 12:58 (CEST)