An infectious disease shows the Iceberg phenomenon. This means it has
Iceberg phenomenon - it gives the spectrum of disease in a community Visible pa - denotes clinically apparent cases of disease in the community Pa below the water- denotes the latent, subclinical and undiagnosed cases in the community Some diseases exhibiting Iceberg phenomenon Diabetes Hypeension Malnutrition Ref: 25th edition Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Page no. 46
More case fatality rate
More SAR
More subclinical cases
More complications
Concept of health and disease