MPH515 Module 4 Quiz Latest 2021
Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I
Question 1
A prerequisite for using the direct method of age adjustment is that the age-specific death
rates in the study population must be stable.
True
False
Question 2
At the initial examination in the Framingham study, coronary heart disease was found in 5
per 1000 men ages 30–44, and in 5 per 1000 women ages 30–44. The inference that in this
age group men and women have an equal risk of getting coronary heart disease is incorrect
because the data are prevalence data and not incidence data.
True
False
Question 3
Certain diseases can occur more than once in the same individual during a stated period of
time. Repeated cases of the disease have no effect upon incidence rates.
True
False
Question 4
The proportional mortality ratio (%) is defined as the mortality due to a specific cause during
a time period divided by the mortality due to all causes during the same time period times
100.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application I
Question 1
A prerequisite for using the direct method of age adjustment is that the age-specific death
rates in the study population must be stable.
True
False
Question 2
At the initial examination in the Framingham study, coronary heart disease was found in 5
per 1000 men ages 30–44, and in 5 per 1000 women ages 30–44. The inference that in this
age group men and women have an equal risk of getting coronary heart disease is incorrect
because the data are prevalence data and not incidence data.
True
False
Question 3
Certain diseases can occur more than once in the same individual during a stated period of
time. Repeated cases of the disease have no effect upon incidence rates.
True
False
Question 4
The proportional mortality ratio (%) is defined as the mortality due to a specific cause during
a time period divided by the mortality due to all causes during the same time period times
100.
