Intro/Morbidity/Mortality

Question 1

9 Bradford-Hill Criteria

Answer 1

Strength of association
Dose response
Temporality
Specificity
Analogy
Biological plausibility
Consistency
Experiment
Coherence

Question 2

Cumulative Incidence (& when use)

Answer 2

New Cases in Time Period/PAR

For fixed pops

Question 3

Incidence Density (& when use)

Answer 3

New Cases in Time Period/Total person-time of observation

For dynamic pops

Question 4

Lifetime Prevalence

Answer 4

of cases over a lifetime/PAR

Question 5

Relative Risk

Answer 5

Ratio of 2 incidences to display how many times more likely person w/ exposure is to develop an outcome

Question 6

Cause-Specific Mortality Rate

Answer 6

of deaths by certain disease during time period/PAR in same period

Question 7

Proportional Mortality Ratio

Answer 7

of deaths from given cause/all deaths for same time period

Question 8

Case Fatality Rate

Answer 8

of deaths from given cause/number of cases for same time period

Question 9

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 9

of deaths in infants <1 yo/# of live births that same year

Question 10

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 10

of maternal deaths in given year/# of live births same year

Question 11

Direct v. Indirect AAR

Answer 11

Used if age specific deaths rates in pop known v. unknown