Morbidity refers to which concept?

Morbidity refers to which concept?

• A. Morbidity
• B. Death rate
• C. Occurrence of the disease
• D. Epidemic

Answer: (C)

Morbidity describes how often people in a population are affected by a disease—the occurrence or frequency of disease within that group. It is about disease presence, not about deaths—that's mortality. It also isn’t the definition of an epidemic, which is a sudden surge in cases beyond what’s normally expected. Because morbidity centers on how often disease occurs in the population, the option stating the occurrence of the disease is the best fit.

Morbidity describes how often people in a population are affected by a disease—the occurrence or frequency of disease within that group. It is about disease presence, not about deaths—that's mortality. It also isn’t the definition of an epidemic, which is a sudden surge in cases beyond what’s normally expected. Because morbidity centers on how often disease occurs in the population, the option stating the occurrence of the disease is the best fit.