疾しっ病ぺい構こう造ぞう

noun

disease pattern; disease structure

Technical term used in public health and epidemiology to describe the composition and distribution of diseases in a population.

• 高こう齢れい化かに伴ともない、疾しっ病ぺい構こう造ぞうが変へん化かしている。

  With the aging population, the disease pattern is changing.

• 発はっ展てん途と上じょう国こくと先せん進しん国こくでは疾しっ病ぺい構こう造ぞうが大おおきく異ことなる。

  The disease structure differs greatly between developing and developed countries.