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HPEX 358 Midterm Exam - Questions and Answers An increase in the incidence of a disease with longer duration will cause an increase in its prevalence True One advantage of big data is that data mana... gement is more flexible and quick The purpose of state cancer registries is All of these are correct – surveillance, helping to set priorities, advancing research Examples of reportable and notifiable diseases include All of these are correct – rubella, tetanus, measles Disease surveillance can be conducted for infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and risk factors Diabetes is an example of a nationally reportable and notifiable disease. False Examples of information collected by death certificates include demographic characteristics. The medical examiner or coroner completes and signs the death certificate if the cause of death was an accident, suicide, or homicide or if the attending physician is unavailable. True An advantage of clinical data for epidemiologic research is none of these is correct At the bottom of the asthma surveillance pyramid is asthma prevalence Factors that affect the quality of epidemiologic data include availability of the data. All of the following are considered ratios except Time Those members of the population who are capable of developing a disease or condition are known as the population at risk On May 1, 2010, the number of residents of Oklahoma who had been diagnosed with asthma at any time during their life was X, the population on June 30, 2010, was Y, and during the same year, the number of new cases of asthma was Z; which of the following expressions represents the incidence rate of asthma (per 100,000) (Z/Y) × 100,000 On May 1, 2010, the number of residents of Oklahoma who had been diagnosed with asthma at any time during their life was X, the population on June 30, 2010, was Y, and during the same year, the number of new cases of asthma was Z; which of the following expressions represents the point prevalence (percentage) of asthma (X/Y) × 100 All of the following can be considered as a measure of risk of having a disease except Prevalence rate When all individuals in the population are at risk of having a disease throughout the time period during which they were observed, the best measure to use would be Cumulative incidence During a study that took place over an extended period of time, some participants dropped out and some new participants were added. The measure used for this study was Incidence density All cases of a disease, health condition, or deaths that exist at a particular point in time in a specific population is known as period prevalence False An increase in the incidence of a disease with longer duration will cause an increase in its prevalence True Examples of information collected by fetal death certificates include All of these are correct – congenital anomalies, name, disposition [Show More]

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