Two components of morbidity include disease:

- Prevalence
- Incidence

Components of Morbidity

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Features of Epidemiology include:

- Etiology
- Disease transmission
- Morbidity
- Morbidity rate
- Mortality
- Mortality rate

Features of Epidemiology

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Etiology refers to the study of causes of diseases

Etiology

The mechanisms by which diseases are spread

Disease transmission

Morbidity

The number of diseased individuals out of a certain number of individuals in the population

Morbidity rate

Mortality 

The proportion of deaths due to disease in a population at a given point in time

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