epidemiology of respiratory disease

Question 1

how may respiratory disease categories fall into global top 10

Answer 1

4

in EU 1/8

Question 2

biggest cause of death globally

Answer 2

ischaemic heart disease

Question 3

why do we need to know the reasons people die

Answer 3

measuring for health system
causes of death - help public health
HIC collect info

Question 4

what percentage of all European hospital admissions are due to lung disease

Answer 4

7%

Question 5

what are some of the economic burdens of a respiratory disease

Answer 5

society and premature motrtltiy - direct health service costs, drugs prescribed and indirectly to lost production
EU - 380Billion euros annually

Question 6

epidemiology

Answer 6

the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems.”

Question 7

when describing a disease pattern what 3 things can you use to help you break it down

Answer 7

Time
Place
Person

Question 8

prevalence

Answer 8

number of cases of existing disease in the population at a given time, or over a period such as the past 12 months

It is calculated as the number of people with the disease divided by the total population, and is usually expressed as a percentage. Age- and sex- specific prevalence’s can also be calculated. The prevalence of a disease can be difficult to measure directly as these data are usually not collected routinely.

Question 9

incidence

Answer 9

The incidence of a disease measures the number or rate of new cases of disease occurring in the population, over a specified period such as 12 months.

e.g.. Annual incidence is calculated as the number of new cases of a disease occurring in 12 months divided by the population who were disease-free at the beginning of the period.

Question 10

mortality rate

Answer 10

number of deaths in a particular population scaled to size of pop per unit of time - ICD ( international classification of diseases)

Question 11

in the yk what happened to the standardised death rates from respiratory disease in men and women

Answer 11

men decrease and women remained static

Question 12

what is the p value

Answer 12

the stronger the evidence the smaller the p value and is significant below certain amount against the null