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Social & Preventive Medicine Epidemiology 65250738

Which of the following increases the prevalence of the disease-

A
Immigration of healthy people
B
Increase in cure rates
C
Decrease in the number of new cases
D
Increase in duration of disease
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'd' i.e. Increase in duration of disease Prevalence refers "to all current cases (old + new) existing at a given point in time (point prevalence) or over a period of time (period prevalence) in a given population"It thus includes all the new cases, as well as those old persisting cases.

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