Epidemiology Flashcards
The study of distribution of health states
Epidemiology
Difference of Morbidity and Mortality
Morbidity - Disease
Mortality - Death
2 Questions Asked in Epidemiology
Related to Health Events
Related to Health Action
Living species capable of being infected or affected
Host
Animate or inanimate factor that must be present or lacking for a disease or condition to occur
Agent
Everything external to a specific agent or host
Environment
Presence of occasional cases of the event unrelated to time or space
Sporadic
Long term presence of an event at about frequency expected from a past history of the community
Endemic
Presence of event at a much higher frequency than expected from the past history of the community
Epidemic
Presence of an event in epidemic proportions involving many communities and countries in a relatively short period of time
Pandemic
Number of health events and relationship of that number to the size of a population
Frequency
Occurrence of health-related events by time, place, and person
Pattern
