The phrase "alarming incidence" is not correct in standard English; it should be "alarming incidence" or "alarming incidence of." You can use it when discussing a situation or event that occurs frequently and causes concern or fear.
Example: "The alarming incidence of cyberbullying among teenagers has prompted schools to take action."
Alternatives: "worrying frequency" or "concerning occurrence."
Traditionally, type 2 diabetes has been considered a disease that primarily affects adults; however, in the last decade, there has been an increasing and alarming incidence of type 2 diabetes in adolescent populations.
"Our investigators documented an alarming incidence of false health claims associated with Ceragem's beds," Dr. Sanchez said after the Texas investigation.
The New Yorker, July 6, 1940 P. 11 A lady who keeps her radio on in the morning rells us that there is an alarming incidence of blindness among the characters in what she calls the "cereal series".
Informed observers, public health authorities, clinicians and advocates are rightly concerned about disruptions in Haitian tuberculosis care leading to alarming incidence of transmissible and virtually impossible-to-treat strains of drug-resistant TB.
A lady who keeps her radio on in the morning rells us that there is an alarming incidence of blindness among the characters in what she calls the "cereal series".
15): In addition to the various social factors like television watching and junk food consumption that contribute to the alarming incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the United States, of note is that a greater inertia tends to result from our insatiable appetite for technological innovations that simplify our lives.
Some recent studies performed on Asian population has reported an alarming, increased incidence of aseptic loosening of femoral components in HF-TKA and attributed it to HF activities done by those patients after HF-TKA [ 4– 6].
It is alarming that the incidence of obesity in U.S. children is high and increasing (Koebnick et al. 2010; McCormick et al. 2010; Taveras et al. 2009), as is the incidence of NAFLD (Mencin and Lavine 2011; Widhalm and Ghods 2010).
There are no official statistics available to confirm this, but it's enough of a problem that, in 2014, the Philippines' ambassador to Qatar said he was "a little bit alarmed" about the incidence of sexual assault in the country.
Most alarming is the increasing incidence in young adults, who face decades of diminished quality of life.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Prompted by alarming statistics on the incidence and costs of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States, a blue-ribbon medical panel today called for a national campaign against this underreported epidemic.
