High false positive cases in a community signify that disease has:
High Incidence and Low Prevalence Actually when a disease has high incidence and low prevalence, it implies people are getting cured earlier. Low prevalence leads to high false positives as chances of picking a healthy person wrongly is higher. If there is higher incidence but low prevalence, then by the time the confirmatory results come, person has already been cured, leading to a situation of high false positives.
High prevalence and Low incidence
High incidence and Low prevalence
Low prevalence and Low incidence
High incidence and High prevalence
Definition and Concepts, Examples from NHPs