A new screening programme for hypertension finds many more cases than were previously recorded, so recorded prevalence rises sharply. What is the best interpretation?

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The programme has uncovered the submerged part of the iceberg, so more existing disease is now detected

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The incidence of hypertension must have risen sharply

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Hypertension has changed from a chronic to an acute disease

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The disease has become epidemic

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