Measures of Disease Frequency — Flashcards

Measures of Disease Frequency — Flashcards

Measures of Disease Frequency — Flashcards
#1

Calculating case fatality rate: (Total number of deaths due to a particular disease/Total number of cases due to same disease ) x _____

#2

Case fatality rate is an _____ proportion and not actual rate

#3

Incidence and prevalence rates are included in _____ indicators

#4

Secondary attack rate for influenza is _____%

#5

An incidence rate is a special type of proportion that includes a given _____ and a population at risk

#6

Time elapsed from initial exposure or pathogenic insult to clinical manifestation of disease is known as:- _____ period in infectious disease - latent period in noncommunicable chronic diseases

#7

_____ is a measure of malaria incidence and calculated as (Cases in one year 1000) / Population under surveillance

#8

Excluding skin cancer, which of the listed three demographics count the incidence of the following cancers as their top 3 most common in the United States? _____

Hint: Men, Women, or Children (age 0-14)?

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#9

Validity of a Screening Test: No answer _____

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#10

nested case control is a type of _____

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