HSA/535 HSA535 HSA 535 Week 5 MIDTERM EXAM PART 2

The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is responsible for (give the best answer):

Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology?

John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera:

Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)?

Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)?

In the Yearly Mortality Bill for 1632, consumption referred to:

Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:

Using epidemiology for operational research involves:

Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by screening for breast cancer

Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by half-way houses for persons recovering from addiction

Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by pasteurization of milk

Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by nutritional counseling for pregnant women

The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:

Increases in lung cancer mortality, especially among women, illustrate which of the following trends in disease occurrence?

Estimating the frequency of exposure. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?

Beach City has a rising population of 500,000 robust, fertile males and 450,000 robust, fertile females. If there were 4,000 live births, 3 fetal deaths, and 40 maternal deaths, what is the crude birth rate?

An epidemiologic survey of roller-skating injuries in Metroville, a city with a population of 100,000 (during the midpoint of the year), produced the following data for a particular year:
 

 
The cause-specific mortality rate from roller-skating was:

The incidence of a disease is five times greater in men than in women, but the prevalence shows no sex difference. The most likely explanation is that:

Determining workload and planning the scope of facilities and manpower needs, particularly for chronic disease. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?

An epidemiologic survey of roller-skating injuries in Metroville, a city with a population of 100,000 (during the midpoint of the year), produced the following data for a particular year:
 

 
The crude death rate for all causes was:

To express the burden or extent of some condition or attribute in a population. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?

The risk of acquiring a given disease during a time period is best determined by:

Studies of nativity and migration have reported that:

Lung cancer mortality among women is increasing faster than among men. What factor(s) would most likely account for this increased cancer rate?

Which of Mill’s four canons suggests that there is an association between frequency of disease and the potency of a causative factor?

Reasons for gender differences in mortality may include:

A null hypothesis is most similar to which of the following?

Descriptive epidemiology has the following characteristics (Choose the incorrect
option):

Age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates by sex in the United States generally show the following sex differences:

According to classic studies, age-standardized morbidity rates in the United States for acute conditions, chronic conditions, and disability due to acute conditions show the following sex differences: