(C228) ATI-Community Health <Epidemiological Applications> Questions with Accurate Answers

Agent correct answer An animate or inanimate factor that must be present of lacking for disease to condition to develop Analytic epidemiology correct answer searches for the determinants of the patterns observed—the how and why of disease patterns Attack Rate correct answer Number of people exposed to a specific agent who develop the disease divided by total number of people exposed Case Fatality Rate correct answer The proportion of persons diagnosed with a particular disorder who die with a specified period Crude Mortality Rate correct answer Number of deaths divided by population X 1000= ____ per 1000 Descriptive epidemiology correct answer describes the distribution of disease, death, and other health outcomes in the population according to person, place, and time—the who, where, and when of disease patterns. Environment correct answer All that is internal or external to a given host or agent and that is influenced and influences the host and/or agent Epidemic correct answer Rate of disease, injury or other condition exceeds the usual level of that condition