Lecture #3-7 Descriptive Epidemiology & Measures of Disease Frequency Exam 1

Question 1

Descriptive Epidemiology

Answer 1

used to know if a site/location is experiencing disease occurrence more frequently than usual (for that locale)

Question 2

Distribution of Disease

Answer 2

1.Frequency of occurrences= not just counts, counts in relation to size of the population or group of interest (subsequent comparisons between populations)

2. Patterns of disease occurrences= encompasses person/place/time
   - 3W’s who/where/when