12 Questions
What does epidemiology primarily deal with?
Frequency, distribution, and determinants of health-related events
Which term refers to the number of health events occurring in a population relative to its size?
Frequency
What do epidemiologists study in relation to infectious diseases?
How pathogens are transmitted
What is one of the key roles of epidemiologists?
Developing ways to prevent diseases
Which term refers to the occurrence of health events by time, place, and people?
Distribution
What influences the occurrence of diseases according to epidemiologists?
Determinants
Which of the following best describes a contagious disease?
A disease that is easily transmitted from one person to another
What term is used to describe infectious diseases that humans acquire from animal sources?
Zoonotic diseases
Which of the following measures the number of new cases of a disease in a population over a specific period of time?
Incidence rate
What term is used to describe diseases that are always present in a specific area within a country?
Endemic diseases
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
What term is used to describe a disease that is occurring in epidemic proportions in many countries simultaneously, sometimes worldwide?
Pandemic disease
Test your knowledge on epidemiology, which deals with the frequency, distribution, and determinants of health-related events in specific populations. Learn about the concepts of frequency, distribution, and determinants in epidemiological studies.
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