Risk, Correlation and cause Flashcards
1
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non-communicable conditions
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diseases which are not caused by pathogens and cannot be spread from one person to another
2
Q
risk
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the probability than an event will take place
3
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probability
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a measure of the chance or likelihood that an event will take place
4
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risk factors
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factors which affect the risk of an event happening
5
Q
multifactorial disease
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a disease which results from the interactions of many different factors- not from one simple cause
6
Q
epidemiology
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the study of patterns of health and disease, to identify causes of different conditions and patterns of infection
7
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correlation
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a strong tendency for two sets of data to change together
8
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causation
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when a factor directly causes a specific effect
