A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the merchant vessel. The captain is responsible for its safe and efficient operation, including: ship's seaworthiness, ship's safety and security conditions, cargo operations, navigation, crew management and ensuring that the vessel complies with local and international laws, as well as company and flag state policies. All persons on board, particularly during navigation, includ
1 âPrevalenceâ is the proportion of a population who have (or had) a specific characteristic in a given time period â in medicine, typically an illness, a condition, or a risk factor such as depression or smoking.
Prevalence is often expressed as a percentage, calculated by multiplying the ratio by 100. The above study expresses prevalence as a percentage, thus the prevalence of incontinence is 8.5% (or rounded is 9%). Another common way of expressing prevalence, particularly if the prevalence is low, is as the number of cases per 100,000 of the population. For example, it is easier to state the result as â66 cases per 100,000 peopleâ than to say the prevalence is 0.00066. Le and Boen (1995) provide further examples of the calculation of prevalence.