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Epidemiology - 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. population health - focuses on risk, data, demographics, and outcomes Outcomes - End result that follows an intervention Aggregate - defined population Community - Multiple aggregates Data - Compiled information Prevalence - Existence of a disease. Number of all cases of the disease Incidence - Measures appearance of a disease over a period of time. Surveillance - Collection, analysis, and dissemination of data.High-risk - An increased chance of poor health outcomes