Prevalence and Incidence of Trypanosomiasis, east-African
Trypanosomiasis, east-African: Rare Disease
Trypanosomiasis, east-African is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Trypanosomiasis, east-African, or a subtype of Trypanosomiasis, east-African,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Trypanosomiasis, east-African usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Trypanosomiasis, east-African at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Trypanosomiasis, east-African refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Trypanosomiasis, east-African diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.