Epidemiology Sources Of Routine Data

Question 1

Give some examples of sources of routine data for population

Answer 1

Census (periodic count of no and characteristics of people by region done every 10yrs)
Population registers

Question 2

Give some examples of sources of routine data for civil registration

Answer 2

Birth certificates
Marriage certificates
Death certificates

Question 3

Give some examples of sources of routine data for morbidity

Answer 3

Disease registries (notifiable infectious diseases are anthrax, cholera, plague, measles, meningitis, mumps, rubella, rabies, TB and typhus, COVID19)
Hospital/ healthcentre records
GP records
HMO records
Surveys

Question 4

Give some examples of sources of routine data for things other than population, civil registration and morbidity

Answer 4

Education records
Housing records
Occupational records
Environmental data
Surveys