In a community, an increase in new cases denotes -
ref: Park&;s 23rd edition pg 60 Increased incident rates shows that there is an increase in new cases of that paicular disease. Incidence rate is defined as the number of NEW cases occuring in a defined population during a specified period of time.
Increase in incidence rate
Increase in prevalence rate
Decrease in incidence rate
Decrease in prevalence rate
Epidemiology