Over the course of 2 years, you have been counting the cases of hepatitis C in Indiana for the State Department of Health. On January 1^st, 2015 there were 12,127 existing cases of hepatitis C in Indiana, and you have found the following case counts and incidence rates for 2015 and 2016.

2016 CASE TOTAL (ACUTE): 181 2016 INCIDENCE RATE: 2.73 per 100,000

2015 CASE TOTAL (ACUTE): 139 2015 INCIDENCE RATE: 2.10 per 100,000

3.1 Using the 2016 population as of July 1, 2016, of 6,353,276, calculate and interpret the 2 year period prevalence of disease for the state of Indiana

Calculated answer:

Interpretation: