Epidemiology

Question 1

What are the leading causes of early death and disability in low SE countries?

Answer 1

• Neonatal disorders
• Lower resp infections
• Diarrheal diseases
• Malaria
• Congenital defects

Question 2

What are the leading causes of early death and disability in high SE countries?

Answer 2

• Ischemic HD
• Low back pain
• Stroke
• Lung cancer
• COPD

Question 3

How can you break the chain of infection?

Answer 3

• Control reservoir - eliminate source
• Interrupt transmission - prevent spread
• Modify host response - protect persons at risk

Question 4

Name some notifiable diseases

Answer 4

• Cholera
• Malaria
• Enteric fever
• Leprosy
• Plague
• Rabies
• Relapsing fever
• SARS
• Typhus
• VHF
• Yellow fever
• Diphtheria
• Measles
• Meningitis
• Meningococcal septi
• Mumps
• Rubella
• Tetanus
• TB
• Whooping cough
• Poliomyelitis