Health Inequalities Flashcards
1
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Epidemiology
A
The study of how often diseases occur in different people and why
Used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed
2
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Mortality
A
Incidence of death from a disease
3
Q
Incidence
A
Rate at which new cases occur in a population during a specified period
4
Q
Prevalence
A
Proportion of a population that are cases at a point in time
5
Q
Health Inequalities
A
Systematic differences in health between different groups within a society such as social class / socio-economic status / deprivation / ethnicity
