How to Use incidence in a Sentence

incidence

noun

• On the Russian side, the incidence of these diseases was low.
  — Kara Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• This may have been the greatest incidence of the wrong thing being done for the right reason.
  — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
• The agency is still seeing a steady increase in the incidence of the variant, the spokesperson said.
  — Angelica Peebles, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2021
• The highest incidence was among male patients between the ages of 16 and 29.
  — Robert Langreth, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2021
• The incidence of prostate cancer is higher there than anywhere else in the world.
  — Nicholas Triolo, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2023
• Case and death data here are by date of report - not date of incidence.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2021
• Will there be an above-normal incidence of lightning and wind events that spark fires and drive their spread?
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• The authors note the incidence difference was small between the two groups.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 28 June 2023
• The incidence of quintuplets is rare, doctors said at the time.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• Is the future incidence of T2d a threat to bankrupt our health care system?
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2022
• There’s less incidence of people losing their sense of taste and smell.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2022
• There's less incidence of people losing their sense of taste and smell.
  — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2022
• Over the next decade, the incidence of thyroid cancer increased more than six-fold.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• Utah had the nation's best lung cancer rate, while Kentucky had the worst at almost 2.4 times the incidence rate of Utah.
  — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
• Banks’ decision to shorten the grace period comes as the incidence of check fraud grows in the U.S.
  — Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 June 2024
• Does this plant have the same incidence of spreading ticks and Lyme disease?
  — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
• High nitrate content in beets may increase blood flow and lessen the incidence of ED.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2023
• The incidence of type 1 diabetes in Finland is the highest in the world and about six times that in Russian Karelia.
  — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
• In gay fathers, the incidence is even higher in the limited amount of studies that have been done, around 12%.
  — Maria Carter, Parents, 21 Sep. 2023
• This could of course all be co-incidence, but it’s a pattern that has been seen over multiple years.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• By September, Kentucky had some of the worst incidence rates in the country.
  — New York Times, 13 Dec. 2021
• The incidence among Black students is about 50% higher.
  — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
• Arguing over tax incidence for amounts that low isn’t even worth it.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022
• Black men had a 70% higher incidence of prostate cancer than white men.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
• Maine has the highest incidence of Lyme disease in the country.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
• But over time, it was discovered that the incidence appears to be much lower than first thought.
  — Dr. Nicholas P. Kondoleon, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2022
• The use of the concepts has been shown to lead to a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime and an improvement in the quality of life for homeowners.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 3 May 2021
• The good news is that incidence of current bond defaults is very low, helped by solid balance sheets.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022
• The vaccine is not generally used in the United States because of its low TB incidence rate.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
• For example, growing chives near fruit trees reduces the incidence of apple scab and repels certain types of tree borers that might otherwise do major damage to home orchards.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Mar 2025