WGU C826 - Community Health and Population Nursing, Questions and answers, APPROVED. (2024/25 exam UPDATES. APPROVED)

WGU C826 - Community Health and Population Nursing, Questions and answers, APPROVED. What are the top ten most common causes of death in the USA (as of 2013)? 1. Diseases of the heart (heart disease) 2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer) 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4. Accidents (unintentional injuries) 5. Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) 6. Alzheimer's disease 7. Diabetes mellitus 8. Influenza and pneumonia 9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (kidney disease) 10. Intentional self-harm (suicide) What shift did epidemiology take in the 20th century regarding how diseases are caused within a population? During the 20th century a shift occurred from looking for single agents to determining the multi-factorial etiologies, or the many factors or combinations of factors, that contribute to disease. What is the Prevalence Proportion? ------- True or False: The Prevalence Proportion provides an estimate of the risk for developing disease. ------- Given the Prevalence Proportion of 0.0015, how would this number be represented in the form of "incidences per n people"? The measure of existing disease in a population at a particular time, ------- False: It is not an estimate of the risk for developing disease because it is a function of both the rate at which new cases of the disease develop and how long those cases remain in the population. ------- A Prevalence Proportion of 0.0015 would be rewritten 15 per 10,000 people What is an Incidence Rate? ------- What is an Incidence Proportion, and what is another name for it?