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Epidemiology: Frequency, Distribution, and Determinants

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What does epidemiology primarily deal with?

Vaccination programs

Treatment of diseases

Frequency, distribution, and determinants of health-related events (correct)

Surgical procedures

Which term refers to the number of health events occurring in a population relative to its size?

Frequency (correct)

Epidemic

Determinants

Distribution

What do epidemiologists study in relation to infectious diseases?

How many people are affected by each disease

How pathogens are transmitted (correct)

The cost of treatment for each patient

The color of the pathogens causing the infection

What is one of the key roles of epidemiologists?

Developing ways to prevent diseases Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the occurrence of health events by time, place, and people?

Distribution Signup and view all the answers

What influences the occurrence of diseases according to epidemiologists?

Determinants Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes a contagious disease?

A disease that is easily transmitted from one person to another Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe infectious diseases that humans acquire from animal sources?

Zoonotic diseases Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following measures the number of new cases of a disease in a population over a specific period of time?

Incidence rate Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe diseases that are always present in a specific area within a country?

Endemic diseases Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following measures the ratio of the number of people who died from a particular disease during a specified period per a specified population?

Mortality rate Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe a disease that is occurring in epidemic proportions in many countries simultaneously, sometimes worldwide?

Pandemic disease Signup and view all the answers