罹り患かん率りつ

noun

morbidity rate; infection rate; disease rate

Technical term used in epidemiology and public health to indicate the proportion of a population that contracts a disease over a specific period.

• 今年ことしのインフルエンザの罹り患かん率りつは例れい年ねんより高たかい。

  This year's influenza morbidity rate is higher than usual.

• この地ち域いきの結けっ核かく罹り患かん率りつは減げん少しょう傾けい向こうにある。

  The tuberculosis infection rate in this region is on a downward trend.