Epidemiologists use various methods to measure disease susceptibility:
- Incidence Rates: The number of new cases in a specific population during a defined period. - Prevalence Rates: The total number of cases, both new and pre-existing, in a population at a given time. - Relative Risk: The ratio of the probability of disease occurrence in an exposed group to a non-exposed group. - Odds Ratio: A measure of association between exposure and outcome, often used in case-control studies.
