PHC 6001 Chapter 2 (Exam) Questions and Answers
Terms in this set (22)
Name the disease frequency: cumulative incidence
The percentage of of freshman girls who
become pregnant over the course of their
high school years.
Name the disease frequency: prevalence
The percentage of senior boys who are
fathers at the time of graduation
Name the disease frequency: incidence rate
The number of live born babies who die of
sudden infant death syndrome during the
first year of life per 100000 baby years of
follow up
Name the disease frequency: cumulative incidence
The percentage of infants weighing less
than 2500 grams at birth
_____a ___ quantifies existing cases a. prevalence b. incidence
______b ___ quantifies new cases
both quantify the number of new cases of similarities of prevalence and incidence
disease that develop in a population at risk
during a specific period of time
incidence rate is a true rate that directly differences between prevalence and incidence
integrates person time of observation into
the denominator; cumulative incidence is a
proportion whose denominator is the
population at risk at the start of the
observation period, where time is
expressed only by words that go along
with the proportion.
Terms in this set (22)
Name the disease frequency: cumulative incidence
The percentage of of freshman girls who
become pregnant over the course of their
high school years.
Name the disease frequency: prevalence
The percentage of senior boys who are
fathers at the time of graduation
Name the disease frequency: incidence rate
The number of live born babies who die of
sudden infant death syndrome during the
first year of life per 100000 baby years of
follow up
Name the disease frequency: cumulative incidence
The percentage of infants weighing less
than 2500 grams at birth
_____a ___ quantifies existing cases a. prevalence b. incidence
______b ___ quantifies new cases
both quantify the number of new cases of similarities of prevalence and incidence
disease that develop in a population at risk
during a specific period of time
incidence rate is a true rate that directly differences between prevalence and incidence
integrates person time of observation into
the denominator; cumulative incidence is a
proportion whose denominator is the
population at risk at the start of the
observation period, where time is
expressed only by words that go along
with the proportion.
