The Approach & Evolution of Epidemiology
The analysis of disease patterns according to the characteristics of person, place, and time, or in other words, who is getting a disease, where it is occurring, and how it is changing over time.
Disease distribution
Name for a population whose membership is permanent.
Fixed population
United States survey that is taken every decade.
Census
Occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what would normally be expected in a given area or among a specific group of people.
Outbreak
The viruses the MMR vaccine protects against
Measles, mumps, rubella
Considered one of the founders of epidemiology, he discovered which water pump in London was causing residents to become ill and die from Cholera
John Snow
Measures the frequency of existing disease
Prevalence
This publishes data on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths in the United States.
Vital Statistics
A detailed report on a group of patients with similar symptoms.
Case series
Popular 80s toy that challenges the user to align colors along a 3-dimensional square.
Rubik's cube
The multidisciplinary field whose goal is to promote the health of the population through organized community efforts.
Public Health
Type of calculation where the entities represented by the two numbers are not required to be related to one another.
Ratio
Since 1985, the CDC has collected information on the occurrence of these cases from 50 states?
HIV
A study that examines rates of disease in relation to a population-level or geographical factor.
Ecological studies
What is the only planet in the solar system not named after a Greek or Roman god?
Earth
Basic scientists
Type of data organization that includes an exposure and unexposed group.
2x2 table
What WHO stands for:
World Health Organization
Studies that compared rates of disease among natives of a homeland to rates among immigrants and among natives of the adopted country.
Migrant studies
Which American involved war resulted in the most casualties?
The American Civil War
The study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations and the application of this study to control health problems.
Epidemiology
Defined as the occurrence of new cases of disease.
Incidence
Survey that collects information on the immunization coverages of children in the United States.
Nat'l Immunization Survey
A study or survey that examines the relationship between an exposure and disease at a single point in time.
Cross sectional study
Nunda, New York, a historic town and village in Livingston County, is named after which Iroquois Native American Tribe?