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Public Health:
Epidemiology Latest update 2024


Epidemiology - Answer--the systematic study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency
in human populations and the application of this study to control health problems (study as aggregate
subject)



determinants - Answer--The range of behavioural, biological, socio-economic and environmental factors
that influence the health status of individuals or populations




Passive surveillance - Answer--the regularized collection of data that is typically funneled from local to
the CDC -- notifiable diseases, vital statistics, health exams, but also census and other population
surveys



Active surveillance - Answer--typically after an outbreak, when various agencies begin collecting data
that wasn't being collected in that way to understand the outbreak

Types of outbreak investigations - Answer--1. Medical detectives: from CDC or local health departments

2. High profile: legionnaires, for example

3. mundane: lymes, food poisoning, mostly local health depts



Case fatality rate - Answer--deaths per cases



difficulties of chronic disease studying - Answer--rarely about single cases, multiple causes and risk
factors, older people, diseases of "lifestyle"

, big focus in US PH



top 5 causes of death in US - Answer--1. heart disease

2. cancer

3. chronic lower respiratory disease

activated at upper level (CDC or state) and data is centralized



Pathway from doctors to CDC - Answer--doctors --> local health departments --> state health
department --> CDC



state health dept gives monthly reports to local departments, and CDC gives weekly reports



How are diseases made reportable? - Answer--1. advocacy/lobbying

2. could become epidemic

3. highly infectious



4. stroke

5. unintentional risk ?



notifiable diseases - Answer--must be reported by doctor to higher level as soon as diagnosed, ~60



often for infectious diseases, cancer, birth defects-- not chronic diseases, nor is there a systematic
reporting network to locate non-notifiable disease worries

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