Global Health Data and Statistics

What information is NOT included in health data?

• Gender

• Sexual orientation

• Ethnicity

• Number of deaths by age

The idea that microscopic animals cause disease is known as the

• Miasma theory

• Epidemiology

• Germ theory

• Pandemic

This agency investigates disease outbreaks around the world and collects health data on every population

• WHO

• CDC

• FDA

• Human Services Commission

The study of the health of a population over time is known as

• Health statistics

• Epidemiologist

• Epidemiology

• Health data

John Snow doubted the spread of cholera by "bad air" known as the

• miasma theory

• germ theory

• outbreak

• epidemic

What was the cause of cholera according to John Snow?

• Toxic air

• Contaminated water pump

• Contaminated brewery

• Physical contact

Epidemiologists are sort of the

• "Mary Poppins" of health care

• "Albert Einsteins" of mathematics

• "Sherlock Holmes" of health and disease

• "Aristotles" of ethical dilemmas

Who was the father of Epidemiology?

• Hippocrates

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Jonas Salk

• John Snow

A disease of great public health importance that should be sent to health agencies such as WHO and the CDC are called

• Reportable diseases

• Preventable diseases

• Notary diseases

• Health data

What was responsible for causing birth defects in the 1950s?

• HIV

• Thalidomide

• PCP

• Cholera