PUBH 6035 Module 2 Assignment 1; Case Study - Descriptive Epidemiology

PubH6035Epidemiology:UncoveringtheScienceofPublicHealth–Winter2020 Module2Assignment:DescriptiveEpidemiologyCaseStudy(50points) Tocompletetheassignment,accessthefollowingresource: Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, Miller D, Brest A, Yu M, Ruhl J, Tatalovich Z,MariottoA,LewisDR,ChenHS,FeuerEJ,CroninKA(eds).SEERCancerStatisticsReview,,NationalCancerInstitute.Bethesda, MD, Findthelinklabeled“BrowsetheTablesandFigures”andclickonit.Youshouldnowbeatawebpagetitled, “Browse the SEER Cancer Statistics Review .” Now, find the information in the SEERCancerStatisticsReview toanswerthe followingquestions: Note:Allquestionsareworth1pointunlessotherwisemarked. Hint: Don’t forget to label your answers (For example, when reporting incidence rates the answershould not just be a number, but a number with a label --- not 12.68, but instead, 12.68 cases per100,000personsperyear.Similarly,whenreportingpercentages,makesuretoincludethe%label).Pointswillbededucted formissinglabels. Anotherhint:Don’troundthenumbersinyouranswersupordown.Reportthemastheyarefoundonthe website.