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incidence

Incidence is the act of something occurring or the rate of occurrence of something, particularly something negative. (noun)

An example of incidence is the percentage of people with cancer in a particular area.

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See incidence in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See incidence in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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