Synonyms of incidence

incidence

noun

as in prevalence

the rate at which something happens

They found an increased incidence of crime in the city when social programs were cut.

Related Words

• prevalence
• occurrence
• frequency
• frequence
• chronicity
• appearance
• regularity
• continuousness
• constancy
• commonness
• frequentness

Dissimilar Words

• infrequency
• unusualness
• rareness
• uncommonness
• infrequence

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incidence

Rural health-care clinics are closing, even as Iowa has one of the highest cancer-incidence rates in the country. — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Moline says 38 cases of mesothelioma have been diagnosed among the nearly 155,000 people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program to date, an incidence that already appears to be about three times as high as in the general population. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

But Consumer Reports says its survey data shows the incidence is between 2–10 percent for EVs that use the E-GMP platform, including the Ioniq 5. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026

Iowa's cancer incidence had been declining and roughly tracking the national rate. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026

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