Terms Flashcards
1
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Mortality
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2
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Morbidity
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3
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Descriptive Epidemiology
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Evaluate trends in health and disease
Provide basis for planning, provision, and evaluation of health services
Identify problems for further investigation
4
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case report
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single case that illustrates a condition
5
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case series
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collection of cases that show a pattern
6
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cross sectional
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single point in time, shows association not cause
7
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Census
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surveillance of demographics, every 10 years
8
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American community Survey
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more often, lots more questions
9
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Big Data
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Variety
Volume
Velocity
10
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Specific Rate
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Refers to one subset of the population
11
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Adjusted rates
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Rates adjusted to allow comparable size sampling
12
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Crude Rate
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No modification – count/population
13
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cumulative incidence
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14
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attack rate
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15
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point prevelance
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