morbidity
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Noun — The presence of disease or ill health in a person or a population, including how often a condition occurs and how much harm it causes.
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How to Use Morbidity
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
The health sense is standard in medicine and public health; the gloomy sense is literary.
Etymology
From Latin morbidus 'diseased', from morbus 'disease'.
Full origin of morbidity →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between morbidity and mortality?
Morbidity is about illness: who has a disease and how badly it affects them. Mortality is about death: how many people die and from what. A condition can have high morbidity and low mortality, as with arthritis.
What does comorbidity mean?
A comorbidity is an additional condition present alongside a main one, such as diabetes in a patient being treated for heart disease. Comorbidities often make treatment harder and outcomes worse.
How is morbidity measured?
Usually as incidence, the rate of new cases in a period, or prevalence, the share of a population living with the condition at a given time. Measures of disability and quality of life are also used.