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| the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations and is the principal science of community health practice. |
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| Epidemiology is a ________-based focus |
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| describes and event, used to make comparisons between subgroups of the population and the total population |
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| the comparison of one number with another |
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| arithmetic expression that help practitioners consider a count of an event relative to the size of the population from which it is extracted |
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| refers to illness rates and can refer to disease syptoms |
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| rate that refers to new cases of a disease |
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| refers to existing cases o a disease |
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| summarize the occurrence of births, mortality, or diseases, in the general population |
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| characterize a particular age-group in the population and usually consider death and births |
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| age-adjustment or standardization of rates |
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| another method of reducing bias when there is a difference between the age distribution of two populations |
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| proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) |
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| method also describes mortality. It represents the percentage of deaths resulting from a specific cause relative to deaths from all causes and is ofent helpful in identifying areas in which public heath programs might make some significant contributions |
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| the estimate of the disease burden in a population |
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| the test's ability to detect clients with disease |
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| the extent to which a test can correctly identify those who do not have disease |
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| studies that describe frequency of disease. used in longitudinal studies |
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| studies that investigate cause and effect relationships. used in retrospective and crosssectional studies) |
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| studies that determine cause and effect |
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