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* * * * * * * In this diagram the Black triangles represent the true cases of the disease in which we are interested. The orange dots represent other diseases or conditions that could be confused with our disease of Interest. A good case definition will separate our disease of interest from other diseases or conditions. However, we rarely or never get a perfect case definition that completely segregates true cases from non-cases. One way to handle this is to divide the range into different levels. Each level has additional restrictive criteria used in the case definition. Thus each leve