Preposition: of

• TB: Investing in Strategies to Reverse the Global Incidence of TB describes the features of DOTS...

• cancer: The incidence of squamous cell cancer is going down in the UK.

• complication: The incidence of complications was similar in both groups.

• leukemia: Higher incidences of childhood leukemia than expected were first identified near Sellafield in 1983.

• fracture: The high mortality rate was not explained by a higher incidence of hip fracture.

• tuberculosis: The incidence of tuberculosis remains comparable with the corresponding quarter of 1997.

Converse of object

• reduce: We need your help to reduce the incidence of domestic violence in the boro.

• decrease: Measures should be taken to decrease the incidence of multiple pregnancies.

• lower: Not least in the considerations, the fact that breast feeding lowers the later incidence of cancer.

Adjective modifier

• increased: There was no increased incidence of liver tumors in rats.

• cumulative: Cumulative annual incidence of shoulder disorders varies from seven to 25 per 1000 general practitioner consultations.

• reduced: There is also abundant observational information showing that frequent use of NSAIDs or aspirin is associated with reduced incidence of some cancers.

• high: New Zealand now has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world.

• age-specific: Mr Wilesmith's data on the decline in age-specific incidences in younger age classes, and other information supported downward trend in the epidemic.

• raised: In 2002, GROS published an Occasional Paper entitled ' The Raised Incidence of Winter Deaths ' .

Noun used with modifier

• grazing: Good sight lines are important acoustically as they prevent absorption of the direct sound by grazing incidence over the heads of the audience.

• caries: You work in a non-fluoride area with a high caries incidence.

• TB: A very useful tool for checking TB incidence among badgers would the PCR.

• cancer: Breast cancer incidence rates increase most rapidly with age through the ages of 40 to 49 years.

• melanoma: Increasing popularity of oversees holidays is partly blamed for an alarming rise in malignant melanoma incidence.