One of the fundamental aspects of any disease or deficiency state which is of interest to an epidemiologist, and the aspect which is of greatest interest to this symposium, is the importance of that condition in the population as a whole.Assessments of importance depend on both the prevalence in the community and the amount of morbidity or mortality caused by the condition.
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P C Elwood (1968) studied this question.
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