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12 Cards in this Set
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Anything relevant to frequency and spread of disease |
EPIDEMIOLOGY |
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Origin/cause of disease |
ETIOLOGY |
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* # of new cases within set population and time period |
INCIDENCE |
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Total # of people infected at any given time |
PREVALENCE |
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* # of individuals affected ( cases per year) |
MORBIDITY RATE |
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* # of deaths due to disease (Deaths per year) |
MORTALITY RATE |
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Disease present in continually in local population |
ENDEMIC |
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Higher than normal incidence in a population |
EPIDEMIC |
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World wide epidemic |
PANDEMIC |
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Occurs in unpredictable manner |
SPORADIC DISEASE |
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* Rapid increase and rapid decline because source is found and isolated EXAMPLE food poisoning |
COMMON SOURCE OUTBREAK |
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Horizontal transmission ex. common cold slower decline remains longer |
PROPAGATED EPIDEMIC |
