An epidemiologist studies rates of depression in a community over a one-year period. Her calculation of incidence will be based on the
a. average time between diagnosis and cure.
b. proportion of people who had ever been depressed.
c. number of new cases that developed during that year.
d. total number of active cases on the day of calculation.
Answer: c.
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