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background rate

English translation: there is a family history or background

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English term or phrase:background rate
Selected answer:there is a family history or background
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

20:26 Sep 16, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Psychology
English term or phrase: background rate
'Autism has the strongest heritability of any neuropsychiatric disorder. The background prevalence is almost 1 percent, with current estimates of about one in 110 eight-year-old children having diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. But if one child in a family has autism, the likelihood that a sibling will, too, is about 3 percent - triple the background rate' (Richard J. Davidson 'The emotional life of your brain')

I'm not sure what this 'background rate' refers to, same with 'background prevalence'.
rzezucha
there is a family history or background
Explanation:
imo

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Note added at 52 mins (2012-09-16 21:18:27 GMT)
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"background prevalence is almost 1 percent" means that this % has some history of Autism in their family. However, if there is a child with autism in a family then the rate is multiplied by three for the possibility that another child (sibling) will also have Autism

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Note added at 53 mins (2012-09-16 21:19:32 GMT)
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so, the percentage is higher the more close the "background" relationship is in the family

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-09-16 22:48:21 GMT)
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meant to say the "heritability" refers to the possibility of this being an "inherited" disorder

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Note added at 13 days (2012-09-30 13:31:41 GMT) Post-grading
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re the point in discussion, it may be true to say that "background rate" is simply the prevalence of the illness in the general population
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 06:45
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4 +2there is a family history or background
Yvonne Gallagher


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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
there is a family history or background


Explanation:
imo

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Note added at 52 mins (2012-09-16 21:18:27 GMT)
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"background prevalence is almost 1 percent" means that this % has some history of Autism in their family. However, if there is a child with autism in a family then the rate is multiplied by three for the possibility that another child (sibling) will also have Autism

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Note added at 53 mins (2012-09-16 21:19:32 GMT)
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so, the percentage is higher the more close the "background" relationship is in the family

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-09-16 22:48:21 GMT)
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meant to say the "heritability" refers to the possibility of this being an "inherited" disorder

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Note added at 13 days (2012-09-30 13:31:41 GMT) Post-grading
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re the point in discussion, it may be true to say that "background rate" is simply the prevalence of the illness in the general population

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 65
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
3 hrs
  -> many thanks Tina!
agree  Veronika McLaren
2 days 15 hrs
  -> many thanks Veronika:-)
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