High false positive cases in a community signify that disease has-
<p>the term "false positive "means that patients who do not have the disease are told that they have the disease.in this case,normal healthy people may be subjected to fuher diagnostic tests,at some inconvenience,discomfo,anxiety and expense untill their freedom from disease is established .a screening test with a high specificity will have few false positives.false positives not only burden the diagnostic facilities,but they also bring discredit to screening programmes.high false postives of a disease in a community signifies high incidence and low prevalence.</p><p>ref;park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,22 nd edition,pg no132</p>
High prevalence & Low incidence
High incidence & Low prevalence
Low prevalence & low incidence
High incidence & High prevalence
Screening