Define the Measures of Disease Frequency and Disease Burden Flashcards

Questions on disease freq

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For the following cards name if it is a rate / ratio / proportion and what type of disease frequency (cumulative incidence / incidence rate / prevalence)
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1. Percentage of infants enrolled in a day-care center who contracted impetigo during the course of an epidemic.
1. attack rate
2. cumulative incidence
2. Percentage of potential army recruits rejected because of poor vision.
1. proportion
2. prevalence
3. Number of colds expreienced in a year per thousand people.
1. rate 2. incidence rate
4. Percent of deceased males who are found to have prostate cancer at autopsy.
1. proportion
2. prevalence
5. Number of stillbirths per thousand live-births
1. ratio
6. Percent of persons who have malaria that is resistant to treatment with chloroquine.
1. proportion
2. prevalence
7. Number of newly diagnosed brain tumors in a year per 100,000 children.
1. rate 2. cumulative incidence or incidence
8. Percent of live-born infants with a cardiac malformation amoung 100,000 live-births
1. proportion 2. prevalence