Glossary Term

Incidence

Performance MetricsEN

Definition

The relative frequency of occurrence of something.

Extended Notes

Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16726. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0. Source identity and definition checked automatically on 2026-10-18. No individual clinical interpretation or human reviewer is asserted.

Also Known As

Incidence

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