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noncommunicable disease - ANSWER ✔✔a disease that is not
transmitted from one host to another; represents a wide range of
diseases from cancers, cardiovascular disease, depression, to
Alzheimer's, and chronic arthritis
epidemiological transition - ANSWER ✔✔the process of change in
the distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic
transition
, screening - ANSWER ✔✔testing individuals who are asymptomatic
for a particular disease as part of a strategy to diagnose a disease or
identify a risk factor
when is a test considered sensitive? - ANSWER ✔✔when it is good
at identifying disease when it is present
when is a test considered specific? - ANSWER ✔✔when it is good at
identifying non-disease when there is no disease
when does a test have a positive predictive value (ppv+)? - ANSWER
✔✔when a positive test result is indicative of the presence of a condition
when does a test have a negative predictive value (ppv- or npv)? -
ANSWER ✔✔when a negative result is indicative of the absence of a
condition
asymptomatic - ANSWER ✔✔showing no symptoms of disease
lead-time bias - ANSWER ✔✔early detection does not alter the
outcome but it only increases the interval between detection of the
disease and occurrence of the outcome, such as death
false positives - ANSWER ✔✔individuals who have positive results
on a screening test but do not have the disease