Medication Calculation Practice

Question 1

rates formula

Answer 1

number of health events in a specified peroid
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population in same area in same specified period

Question 2

how to find attack rate

Answer 2

attack rate is take the people who are ill by the total
EX: 1000 students went to lunch and 650 became ill
1000/65= 0.65 = 65%

Question 3

what does attack rate describe

Answer 3

the rate at which people get ill

Question 4

Prevalence

Answer 4

all cases

Question 5

prevalence formula

Answer 5

number of existing cases
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total population

Question 6

incidence

Answer 6

new cases in a time peroid

Question 7

indicence formula

Answer 7

number of new cases in a given time peroid
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population at risk in same time peroid

Question 8

infant mortality predicts

Answer 8

health of a community

Question 9

infant mortality formula

Answer 9

number of infant death <1 yea of age
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number of deaths in same year

Question 10

age specific rate is the key to solve

Answer 10

bias of crude

Question 11

age specific rate formula

Answer 11

number of cases in a specific age category in population at a specificed time
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population in the same age category at the same specified time

Question 12

proportionate morality ratio

Answer 12

represents a percentage of deaths resulting from a specific cause relative to deaths from all causes

Question 13

PMR formula

Answer 13

number of deaths resulting from a specific cause in a specific time peroid
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total number of deaths in same time peroid

Question 14

risk ratio formula

Answer 14

deciding indicence rate of disease within the exposed population by the incidence of disease in the non exposed population