Mid-year Population Of 100 in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | SMLE Q#17681
SMLE Question #17681
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Objective: OBJ-INC-001
Last updated: February 2026
A public health team is calculating the annual incidence of cancer in a city with a mid-year population of 100,000. During the past calendar year, 300 new cancer cases were diagnosed. In the same year, 75 additional cases were identified through delayed reporting but were also diagnosed within that same year. Using all new cases that occurred during the year, what is the annual incidence rate?
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