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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

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It can be assessed for various conditions, including diseases, risk factors, and health behaviors. Cases then declined again in the 1980s and early 1990s but rose to an average of 30 cases per year from 2001 to 2008. In 2001, there were 22 confirmed cases of anthrax, and the morbidity rate was 7 per 100,000 people.