NR503 - Epidemiology Final Questions & 100%
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exposed incidence
Ξ -:- incidence of new cases of disease in persons who were exposed
exposed incidence equation
Ξ -:- number exposed with disease / total number exposed
unexposed incidence
Ξ -:- incidence of new cases of disease in persons who were not exposed
unexposed incidence equation
Ξ -:- number unexposed with disease / total number of unexposed
incidence of disease
Ξ -:- measure of risk; total number in population with disease divided by total number
of population
incidence of disease equation
Ξ -:- number with disease / total population
relative risk
Ξ -:- risk of disease in one group versus another; risk of developing disease after
exposure; 1 = no risk
relative risk equation
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Ξ -:- # exposed with disease/total of all exposed // # unexposed with disease/total all
unexposed
odds ratio
Ξ -:- measure of exposure and disease outcome commonly used in case control
studies
odds ratio equation
Ξ -:- R(exposed)/1-R(exposed) / R(unexposed)/1-R(unexposed)
prevalence
Ξ -:- number of cases of a disease in a given time regardless of when it began
prevalence equation
Ξ -:- (persons with disease / total pop) x1000
attributable risk
Ξ -:- difference in disease in those exposed and unexposed, calculated from
prospective data; directly attributed to exposure (if exposure gone, disease gone)
attributable risk equation
Ξ -:- R(exposed) - R(unexposed)
crude birth rate
Ξ -:- number of live births per 1000 people in population
crude birth rate equation
Ξ -:- (# of births/estimated mid-year population) x1000
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