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Epi Classes 1 & 2 Flashcards

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“The Epidemiologic Transition”

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The disease of concern to populations are constantly shifting.

A population shift in disease and mortality patterns in high income countries:
- before transition (low income countries): most deaths from infection and malnutrition; high infant mortality rates; short life expectancy.

-after transition (high income countries): most deaths from heart disease, cancers and stroke; low infant mortality rates; long life expectancy

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20th century epi

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Refinement of epidemiological methods: outbreak investigation, study design for chronic diseases, clinical trials, biostatisical analysis

Cigarette smoke found unhealthy (1951-1963)

Eradication of smallpox (1978)

Increased focus on chronic disease and not just infectious disease/life expectancy

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Analytic Epidemiology

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“Agent” “Host” “Environment”

Why?/How?

Looks for causes/test hypotheses

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Arthropod vectors

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Bugs like mesquitos that carry disease. Discovered in 19th century as a carriers for diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, sleeping sickness and typhus

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Asymptomatic Carrier

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Person that carries and spreads disease but shows no symptoms. Discovered in 19th century as a contributor to disease spread.ex. typhoid mary

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Bernardo Ramzzini

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1633-1714: published comprehensive “disease of workers” detailing environmental hazards for 52 occupations.

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Bias

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An over or underestimation of something (value, factor)A miscalulation by the system

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Case Fatality Rate (CFR)

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deaths from a specific cause/# with the specific disease

The proportion of reported cases of a specified disease or condition which are fatal within a specific time.

CFR is a measure of the severity of a disease

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Cohort

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A group of people that can be followed over time

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Criteria for a Risk Factor

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  1. The frequency of disease varies by category or value of the exposure
  2. The risk factor (exposure) precedes the onset of the disease
  3. The observed association is not due to any source of error
  4. Association does not equal Causation
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Descriptive Epidemiology

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“Person” “Place” “Time”

Who? Where? When?

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Disablity-Adjusted Life Year (DALY)

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Measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disablity or early death

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Edward Jenner

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1798: developed smallpox inoculation. Took cowpox and injected it into an 8 year old. After multiple injections over time, he was unable to catch smallpox

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Efficacy

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The abliity of an intervention to achieve the desired results under ideal conditions

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Endemic

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A disease or condition normally found in a population.

An infection is said to be endemic in a population when it is maintained without the need for external input

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Epidemic

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Higher than normal (baseline) incidence rates in a population.

A widespread occurance of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

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Health

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A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely an abscense of disease or infirmity

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Health Research

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Examines the biological, socio-economic and environmental factors that contribute to health, disease, illness, diability and death

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Henle-Koch Postulates

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  1. The agent must be present in every case
  2. One agent = one disease
  3. Exposure of healthy subjects to suspected agents results in disease
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History of Epi: Hippocrates

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1st to recognize environment’s role in disease etiology. He listed environmental, dietary, behavior and constitutional conditions.

Recognized early epidemicsWrote thorough descriptions of clinical diseases like tetanus, typhus, and tuberculosis

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History of Epi: The demographic approach: Use of vital statistics

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14th and 15th century: Italy began tracking death rates and causes (especially from bubonic plague).

1592: England begins to issue death certificates

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Incidence

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The occuraence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime or somethign else undesireable

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Jakob Henle

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1809-1885. Helped create germ theory. Proposed in 1840 that sick people pass contagious substances to healthy individuals

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James Lind

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1747: studied etiology and treatment of scurvy by assigning random treatment to sailors

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John Graunt

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1620-1674: “founder of vital statistics”. 1st use of populaiton mortality data to study disease occurance

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John Snow

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1813-1858: determined that cholera was a water-born infection and conducted extensive studies of household water supply and disease. -Broad Street Pump

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Louis Pastuer

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1822-1895: Helped create germ theory. isolated bacteria and developed process of killing germs by boiling

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Miasma Theory of Disease

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1820’s and 1830’s: Prevailing theory of epidemics at the time. Belived that diseases were cause by foul smelling air. Thought epidemics spotaneously generated and were related to poor sanitation and environmental conditions

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Morbidity

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The incidence of disease. The rate people get sick

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Mortality

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Death

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Mortality Rate

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Measure of the number of deaths in a population

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Percival Pott

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1775: identified chimney soot as cause of scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps

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Pierre Charles- Alexandre Louis

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1836: “founder of clinical statistics”. Used stats to campaign against blood-letting as a clinical treatment

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Prevalence

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The number of cases of a given disease or other attribute (e.g. drug use, obesity) that exists in a defined population at a specified time.

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Proportionate Mortality Rate (PMR)

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deaths from a specific disease / # of deaths = % of deaths in a population caused by a specific disease

The proportion of deaths due to the disease of interest in the exposed population divided by the proportion of deaths due to the disease of interest in the unexposed or reference population

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Research

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The process of systematically and carefully investigating a single well-defined subject to learn/discover new info about the world

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Research Steps

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  1. Identify study question
  2. Select study approach
  3. Design study and collect data
  4. Analyze data
  5. Report findings
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Robert Koch

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1843-1910: Helped support germ theory. Used microscopes to see the microbes that cause tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883). Worked on immunization for a range of diseases including anthrax. One of the father of vaccines.

Sharp rivalry with Pasteur

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Validity

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The degree to which results of a study are likely to be true, beliveable and free of bias

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What is Epidemiology

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“The study of distribution and determinants of health related states in human populations

“epi=”upon” + demos=”people” + logia= “the study of”

The basic science of public health that provides a framework for identifying public health problems, causes and solutions

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William Farr

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1807-1883: 40 years as chief of vital statistics in England. Established national registration system.

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Year Royal Society of London begins publishing life tables

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1662

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(Crude) Mortality Rate (CMR)

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deaths from all causes (or a specific cause) / # of persons in the total population
– Units are usually reported “per # of people” (like /1000 or /10,000)
– Example: Normalville had an annual death rate of 30/1000 in 2010, which means that if the town has a total population of 5000 people, 150 died that year

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Comparing Rates

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  • Ratio: a/b, where a is the numerator and b is the denominator
  • Proportion: a ratio with the numerator (a) included in the denominator (b); ranges from 0 to 1 (or 0% to 100%, if converted to a percentage by multiplying by 100)
  • Rate: Δx/Δy, a measure of change in one quantity per unit change in another quantity (like a change in the number of people alive (Δ x) per change in time over one year (Δ y))
  • Risk: a conditional probability of disease occurrence for an individual
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RR

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RR = Rate Ratio = Risk Ratio = Relative Risk = Relative Rate – These terms are generally used as synonyms even though rate and risk should be distinct concepts

• RR = (rate in population 1)/(rate in population 2) where population 2 is the “reference population”
– The two populations must be independent (no members in common)

• When using proportions and rates for description and comparisons of populations:
– Define the units carefully
– Use the same units across comparisons

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Incidence

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The number of NEW cases of a disease occurring in a time period / Total population at risk in that time period
– “at risk” = susceptible = does not already have the disease

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Prevalence

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The number of EXISTING cases of a disease at a specified time / Total population at the specified time

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Incidence helps track

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  1. New cases
  2. Measures changes in disease occurrence
  3. Often used in infectious / acute disease studies
  4. Used for investigating the causes of disease (etiology)
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Prevalence helps track

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  1. Existing cases
  2. Measures how much disease is in the population
  3. Often used in chronic disease studies
  4. Used for description and planning health care needs
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Pandemic

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Global Epidemic

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Prevalence is increased by…

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  1. Longer duration of the disease
  2. Prolongation of life of patients without cure
  3. Increase in new cases (incidence)
  4. Out-migration of healthy people
  5. In-migration of cases
  6. Improved diagnostic facilities (better reporting)
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Prevalence is decreased by…

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  1. Shorter duration of disease
  2. High case-fatality rate from disease
  3. Decrease in new cases (incidence)
  4. In-migration of healthy people
  5. Out-migration of cases
  6. Improving cure rates of disease
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Point Prevalence

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the prevalence of a disease in a population at a single point in time

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Period Prevalence

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the prevalence of a disease in a population over a specified period of time (includes cases at the start of the period and any subsequent new cases)

• Period Prevalence = Point Prevalence + Incidence

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Population Dynamics (3 types)

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  • Fixed Population: a group of persons, all of whom are available for follow-up starting at the same time (may have different lengths of follow-up, but no new entries)
  • Dynamic Population: a group of persons, all of whom are available for follow-up, but starting at different times and for different lengths of follow-up
  • Steady-State Population: a dynamic population in which the number of persons entering the population is equal to the number of persons leaving
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Fixed Population

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a group of persons, all of whom are available for follow-up, starting at the same time

(may have different lengths of follow-up, but no new entries)

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Dynamic Population

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a group of persons, all of whom are available for follow-up, but starting at different times and for different lengths of follow-up

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Steady-State Population

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a dynamic population in which the number of persons entering the population is equal to the number of persons leaving

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Person-Years

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  • Allows for measurement of long-term disease processes in dynamic populations (accounts for persons who move to/from a population, are born/die, develop disease, drop out of a study, etc.)
  • Incidence can be reported in terms of person-years:“The incidence of the disease was 12.6 per 1000 person-years in our study population.”
  • This could represent 100 people followed for 10 years each OR 1000 people followed for 1 year each OR many people followed for various lengths of time
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Burden of Disease (BOD) Estimates (population level) (3 types)

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  • YLL: Years of Life Lost to premature death– An estimate of mortality that represents the significance of a disease in a population, with greater weight given to diseases that affect younger persons. Based on rough assumptions about how long people “should” live in a given population; an estimate rather than a calculation.
  • YLD: Years of Life lived with Disability
  • DALYs: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (years lost to premature death or to disability)– An estimate of morbidity that accounts for the burden of disease due to specific causes (including non-fatal injuries and mental disease) in a population.– In a population, DALYs = YLLs + YLDs
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YLL

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Years of Life Lost to premature death– An estimate of mortality that represents the significance of a disease in a population, with greater weight given to diseases that affect younger persons. Based on rough assumptions about how long people “should” live in a given population; an estimate rather than a calculation.

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YLD

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Years of Life lived with Disability

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DALYs

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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (years lost to premature death or to disability)– An estimate of morbidity that accounts for the burden of disease due to specific causes (including non-fatal injuries and mental disease) in a population.– In a population, DALYs = YLLs + YLDs

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