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.
Incidence is the frequency with which an event occurs within a given time period (such as one year). For example, it could be said that the incidence of new breast cancer cases in 2007 demonstrated 50,000 new cases. By contrast, prevalence refers to how many people currently have that condition this year.