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15 Cards in this Set
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epidemiology is the study of all the ____ involved in a disease
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factors
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epidemiology studies the ____ of a disease & the ____
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patterns - statistics
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agencies are required by ____ to collect data (varies by state)
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law
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communicable is ____ to ____ transmission
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host - host
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contagious is extremely ____ host to host transmission
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efficient
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example of contagious epidemiology
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chicken pox
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non-communicable is ____ ____ to ____ transmission
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not - host - host
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example of non-communicable epidemiology
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environment
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correlation is one ____ appears to be related to another
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fact
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cause and effect is one factor is ____ to cause a ____ change in another
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proven - measurable
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incidence is the ____ of new ____
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number - cases
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prevalence is the ____ ____ of ____ people at any given time
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total number - infected
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morbidity is the number of ____ ____ (sick individuals) within a specific ____ period with respect to the entire ____
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disease cases - time - population
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mortality rate is the number of ____ ____ during a specific ____ period with respect to the total population.
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disease deaths
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mortality rate is expressed in deaths per _____ people per year
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100,000
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