Epidemiology Final; HS 300| 324 questions| with complete solutions

Morbidity correct answer: Rates of disease Mortality correct answer: Rates of death Natality correct answer: Rates of birth 3 Main Perspectives in Understanding and Describing Disease correct answer: Clinical, Laboratory, Epidemiology Laboratory refers to correct answer: Diagnostic tests Epidemiology is the ____ component of population health correct answer: Diagnostic Health is not... correct answer: merely the absence of disease Public health is about correct answer: the community not the individual and preventing disease The major cause of mortality in the US correct answer: Chronic diseases Health differences across countries and communities highlight the fact that the major determinants of health are linked to correct answer: Social and economic factors Implications of a broad definition of health correct answer: Origins of good health are multiple. Improving health is a shared responsibility. Generates multiple option for intervention. Social class correct answer: When independent of income it is a determinant of health. Economic prosperity is correlated with correct answer: Better health In epidemiological studies we adjust for correct answer: Age, race, gender, income, level of education Until the 20th century the major causes of death in the world were cause by: correct answer: Infectious diseases In 1900 the life expectancy at birth in the US was correct answer: 50 years