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Epidemiology -
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Science of public health.
Study of disease within populations & risk factors.
Risk factors are genetic, environmental, social, cultural, or on some direct
action by the individual.
Servers to find the "why" of a disease & then to analyze the disease
screening, treatment, prevention, and monitoring.
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population health -
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focuses on risk, data, demographics, and outcomes
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Outcomes -
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End result that follows an intervention
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Aggregate -
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defined population
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Community -
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Multiple aggregates
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Data -
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Compiled information
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Prevalence -
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Existence of a disease.
Number of all cases of the disease
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Incidence -
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Measures appearance of a disease over a period of time.
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Surveillance -
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Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data.
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High-risk -
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An increased chance of poor health outcomes
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Morbidity -
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Presence of illness in a population
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Mortality -
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Tracking deaths in an aggregate
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Vital statistics -
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statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces
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