Incidence refers to
A) how many people in the population as a whole have a disorder.
B) how many new cases of a disorder occur during a given period of time.
C) the percentage of males and females who have a disorder.
D) how many people have recovered from a disorder in a given period of time.

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Incidence refers to the number of new cases of a disorder that occur during a given period of time, usually expressed as a rate or percentage. Therefore, option B is the correct answer. Option A refers to prevalence, option C refers to gender distribution and option D refers to recovery rate.

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