The director of a community health organization reads that about 1,300 new cases of HIV infection are expected in her city in the coming year. This statement illustrates an epidemiological statistic called ______.
A) risk
B) incidence
C) significance
D) prevalence

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Incidence is the measure of the number of new cases of a disease or infection in a population over a specified period, which is exactly what the director of the community health organization is referring to in this statement.

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