The phrase "apparent increase in the number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a noticeable rise in quantity or frequency of something, often in a statistical or observational context.
Example: "There has been an apparent increase in the number of reported cases over the past month."
Alternatives: "noticeable rise in the number of" or "evident growth in the number of".
The less obvious include an apparent increase in the number of stores selling home furnishings and other items for the home.
The report found that there had been an apparent increase in the number of sudden unexplained deaths of psychiatric in-patients but this may be down to improved reporting rather than a rise in incidents.
In Aqaba, on Jordan's Red Sea coast, people have also been drinking water from the Disi for almost 20 years, with no apparent increase in the number of cancers.
Stimulating SOCE does not appear to change the size of existing STIM1/ORAI1 interaction puncta at the ER-plasma membrane junctions, but results in an apparent increase in the number of interaction puncta.
OIS 2 and 3 were both characterised by an apparent increase in the number of alluviation events, and this record of river behaviour parallels many other palaeoenvironmental records in the region which also show more frequent climate fluctuations between ∼12 and 65 ka.
This hypothesis was based on an apparent increase in the number of discarded tags found in changing rooms.
A New Look at Hung Jury Rates" by Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans et al. Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern among policy makers.
In her petition to Wisconsin, a copy of which was first obtained by the Guardian, Stein chose to focus on an apparent "significant increase" in the number of absentee ballots cast in Wisconsin.
The apparent consistent increase in the number of transcripts in mouse over human most probably reflects the difference in platforms and expression cutoffs chosen in the 2 studies.
During 2002 2011, a total of 11,576 tuberculosis cases were reported in Australia (Table), with an apparent increase in mean number of cases reported during September–December.
Moreover, the increase in grain number resulted in an apparent increase in the weight per main panicle (Figure 1F).
