Describing The Occurrence Of Disease

Question 1

All people in a defined setting or with certain characteristics

Answer 1

Population

• location
• age, sex, race
• behavioral-smokers, alcohol users, etc
• occupation-Dr. nurses, etc

Question 2

The number of new cases of a disease in a specified population within a given period of time

Answer 2

Indicende

Question 3

Number of new cases/number of total people at risk for developing the disease in a population during that time period

Answer 3

Incidence rate

Question 4

Measures how fast a disease is occurring

Answer 4

Incidence

Question 5

Incidence of diabetes

Answer 5

On the rise

Question 6

Incidence of melanoma

Answer 6

Increasing but predicted to steadil decrease by 2020

Question 7

Number of people with a disease (new and old cases) in a specified population at a specified time

Answer 7

Prevalence

Question 8

Number of people with a disease/total number of people in the population at that time

Answer 8

Point prevalence

This describes a rare and is the usual definition

Question 9

Same a point prevalence but during a time period (month, year, etc)

Answer 9

Period prevalence

Question 10

ARMD prevalence rates

Answer 10

Increases much more after the age of 74 in whites

Question 11

Prevalence of DR

Answer 11

Much higher for older Hispanics

Question 12

Prevalence of glaucoma

Answer 12

Much higher in blacks

Question 13

Prevalence of open angle glaucoma

Answer 13

Black

Question 14

Prevalence of NAG

Answer 14

Highest in Asian

Question 15

Prevalence of NTG

Answer 15

Highest in Asian

Question 16

Incidence vs prevalence

Answer 16

• prevalence snapshot of population at point in time
• prevalence affected by how long someone has disease
• prevalence can increase with better treatment (diabetes/insulin)
• prevalence can decrease rough death or cure
• incidence=new cases

Question 17

Incidence vs prevalence of AIDS

Answer 17

Incidence increased and then sharply decreases in 1993

Prevalence of aids is steadily increasing (more people are alive that have AIDS because of modern medicine)

Question 18

How to answer “pink eye is going around the classroom, what are the chances my child will get it”

Answer 18

You need to know

• the incidence
• the prevalence
• they are equally important

Question 19

Morbidity

Answer 19

Illness or the state of having a disease

Question 20

Mortality

Answer 20

Death

Question 21

Mortality rate

Answer 21

Number of deaths in a population during a specified time period/number of people in the population during the period
-usually given per 100,00 people

Question 22

Cause specific mortality rare

Answer 22

Number of deaths in a population due to a specific cause during a specified time period/number of people in the population during the period

Question 23

Infant mortality rate

Answer 23

Children under 1 year, per 1,000 live births

Question 24

Morbidity rate

Answer 24

Prevalence is a better term

Question 25

American mortality rate 2000-2015

Answer 25

Uptick in death rate for 2015 | -explanations: firearms, suicide, overdose, accidncets, alzhemiers

Question 26

Heart disease

Answer 26

Increase in heart disease

Question 27

Crude rates

Answer 27

- number of cases/number of persons - can be influenced by many factors, including age of he population. Crude death rate would be higher n Venice, FL than Gainesville FL

Question 28

Adjusted rates

Answer 28

Allow for better comparisons in what is being measured by removing confounding factors such as difference between ages of populations being compared