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cumulative incidence  

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  • Cumulative incidence provides an estimate of the risk that a person will experience an event or develop a disease during a specified period of time. It is calculated as the number of new events or cases of disease that develop in a population at risk during a specific time interval. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Cumulative Incidence]

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