Evidence-Based Public Health Flashcards
Distribution
The component of epidemiology that describes who gets the disease, where people with the disease are located, and how these aspects of disease change over time.
Population
A group of people with a common characteristic in terms of person, place, and time.
Fixed Population
Membership in population is based on an event which is permanent.
Transient/dynamic
Membership in population is based on a condition that can change.
Mortality
Epidemiologic term for death.
Morbidity
Epidemiologic term for disease.
Crude Mortality Rate
Number of deaths from all causes
Age Specific Mortality Rate
Number of deaths from all causes in specific age group
Cause Specific Mortality Rate
Number of deaths from a specific cause
Infant
Number of deaths of infants less than 1 year of age
Disability
Umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions
Disease Frequency (How often does the MMD occur in the population?)
Quantification of MMD in the population
Disease Distribution (Who/where/changes in occurrence?)
Analysis of patterns
Epidemic
Outbreak or occurrence of a DDD from a single source, in a group, population, community, or geographical area, in excess of the usual level of expectancy
DDD
Death, Disease, Disability
MMD
Mortality Morbidity Disability
Endemic
The ongoing, usual level of, or constant presence of a DDD within a given population or geographic area
Pandemic
an epidemic that is widespread across a country, continent, or a large populace, possibly world wide (HIV)
Three Primary Measures of Association
Ratio, Proportion, Rate, Prevalence
Ratio
Division of one number by another, numbers don’t have to be related