Epidemiology: Understanding Disease Occurrence

Analyzing the social determinants of health

Identifying the causative factors and tracking the pattern of disease (correct)

Studying the treatment of diseases

Developing vaccines for infectious diseases

The number of people with a disease (correct)

The number of people recovered from a disease

The number of deaths resulting from a disease

The number of new cases of a disease

Incidence measures old cases, while prevalence measures new cases

Incidence measures prevalence rates, while prevalence measures incidence rates

Incidence measures new cases, while prevalence measures new and old cases (correct)

Incidence measures mortality rates, while prevalence measures morbidity rates

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