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  • the state of being Disease d (from Latin ''morbidus'': sick, unhealthy),

  • the degree or severity of a disease,

  • the Prevalence of a disease: the ''total'' number of cases in a particular population at a particular point in time,

  • the Incidence of a disease: the number of ''new'' cases in a particular population during a particular time interval.


Accordingly, the term ''morbidity rate'' can refer either to the incidence rate or to the prevalence rate of a disease. Compare with Mortality Rate , the number of people dying from a particular disease during a given time interval, divided by the total number of people in the population. Morbidity is often what is measured by ICU Scoring Systems .