2024-10-30T04:56:02+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true <p>What is <strong>count</strong>?</p>, <p>How do you get a <strong>ratio</strong>?</p>, <p>Calculate the ratio, x/y.</p>, <p>What is the <strong>proportion</strong>?</p>, <p>What is <strong>point prevalence</strong>?</p>, <p>What is the <strong>population at risk</strong>?</p>, <p>What is the <strong>incidence rate </strong>formula?</p>, <p>What is the <strong>crude death rate </strong>formula?</p>, <p>What is the <strong>case fatality rate </strong>formula? This is the # of deaths due to a disease from people afflicted with it.</p>, <p>What is the difference between <strong>cause-specific rate </strong>and <strong>case fatality rate</strong>?</p>, <p><strong>Fetal death rates </strong>measure fetal deaths after ___.</p> flashcards
Epidemiology, Chp. 3 - Measures of Morbidity and Mortality

Epidemiology, Chp. 3 - Measures of Morbidity and Mortality

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  • What is count?

    Simplest quantitative measure; simply counting each case.

  • How do you get a ratio?

    By dividing one quantity by another.

    By dividing one quantity by another.

  • Calculate the ratio, x/y.

    Calculate the ratio, x/y.

  • What is the proportion?

    A type of ratio. It's expressed as a percentage wherein both the numerator and denominator are combined (total).

  • What is point prevalence?

    All cases of a disease or deaths that exists at a particular point in time relative to a specific population.

    Point prevalence = # of persons ill at a point in time/ total number in the group

  • What is the population at risk?

    The members of the population who are capable of developing the disease being studied.

  • What is the incidence rate formula?

  • What is the crude death rate formula?

  • What is the case fatality rate formula? This is the # of deaths due to a disease from people afflicted with it.

  • What is the difference between cause-specific rate and case fatality rate?

    Cause-specific rate measures the mortality of people with a specific disease over the general population at the midpoint of a time period. Whereas case fatality rate measures deaths from people with a specific disease against people who also have the same disease but haven't died.

  • Fetal death rates measure fetal deaths after ___.

    20+ weeks