Epidemiology

What epidemiological term describes the number of NEW cases of a disease or event in a specific population?

• incidence

• risk

• monitoring

• mortality

What epidemiological term describes the number of times a condition occurs in relation to the total number of people?

• incidence

• prevalance

• monitoring

• surveillance

What epidemiological term describes how epidemiologists search and document disease?

• incidence

• prevalance

• monitoring

• surveillance

What epidemiological term describes how epidemiologists use surveillance data to determine changes in the number of affected people

• incidence

• prevalance

• monitoring

• surveillance

What epidemiological term describes the number of cases of a specific disease in a specific period of time per unit of population?

• incidence

• morbidity

• monitoring

• mortality

What epidemiological term describes the measurement of the number of deaths per 1,000 in a given population

• incidence

• morbidity

• monitoring

• mortality

What epidemiological term describes the likelihood that someone will become infected or will develop a condition?

• incidence

• risk

• monitoring

• mortality

A study shows that 18 or 67 teenagers who attended a reception ate shrimp, and 8 of those teenagers who ate the shrimp were diagnosed with food poisoning. What is the prevalence of food poisoning?

• 100%

• 67%

• 27%

• 12%

Which of these best describes the purpose of monitoring in epidemiology?

• tells why a population has a disease

• tells if there is more or less of a disease over time

• tells the health of the United States

• tells how many new cases of a disease occur

Which of the following would an epidemiologist NOT study?

• food poisoning

• mental illness

• low blood sugar

• cancer