KINE 280 - EXAM 1
with correct answers
2025/2026
public health - correct answersfocuses on groups of people, not the individual
medicine - correct answersfocuses on the individual
epidemiology - correct answersthe study of epidemics; how one studies disease
primary healthcare - correct answerslowest level of care; seeing your family doctor
entrance into healthcare system
secondary healthcare - correct answersmore intense investigation; referred to by your primary
care provider
tertiary healthcare - correct answersinvasive; top of healthcare system
,epidemic - correct answersspread of disease is more than usual; typically has a time element
endemic - correct answerstime element involved; no pattern seen between spread of disease
and time; typically seasonal
pandemic - correct answersepidemic at a global scale
prevalence - correct answersnumber of people who have a specific disease over a specific time
period
incidence - correct answersnumber of new cases of a disease over a specific time period
case fatality rate - correct answershow quickly and effective a disease is at killing people
crude mortality rate - correct answersmortality rate in a population; calculated annually
disease specific mortality rate - correct answershow quickly and effectively a disease is at killing
people at a population level
morbidity rate - correct answershow sick people are, in general
disease specific morbidity rate - correct answershow sick people are, specific to a single disease
age specific mortality rate - correct answersthe rate at which people are dying within a certain
group of age (ex: 0-5 years old)
, age specific mortality and age specific morbidity rate - correct answersthe rate at which people
are dying and how sick people are in relation to a specific age
child mortality rate - correct answersnumber of deaths per 100 children in their first 5 years of
life
maternal mortality rate - correct answersnumber of deaths while pregnant and up to 42 days
after end of pregnancy
life expectancy - correct answersindicates how long on average a person is expected to live
QALY's (quality adjusted life years) - correct answersan adjusted form of life expectancy which
adjusts UP for having a better quality of life
DALY's (disability adjusted life years) - correct answerslife expectancy adjusted DOWN for the
number of years of disability
virulence - correct answersseverity of a disease
quickly; less harmful - correct answershighly virulent disease will kill _______ while low is
___________
index case - correct answersfirst case in an outbreak
carrier - correct answersobject that carries the disease but DOES NOT get sick from it
vector - correct answersobject that carries the disease from one host to another (ex-
mosquitoes)
with correct answers
2025/2026
public health - correct answersfocuses on groups of people, not the individual
medicine - correct answersfocuses on the individual
epidemiology - correct answersthe study of epidemics; how one studies disease
primary healthcare - correct answerslowest level of care; seeing your family doctor
entrance into healthcare system
secondary healthcare - correct answersmore intense investigation; referred to by your primary
care provider
tertiary healthcare - correct answersinvasive; top of healthcare system
,epidemic - correct answersspread of disease is more than usual; typically has a time element
endemic - correct answerstime element involved; no pattern seen between spread of disease
and time; typically seasonal
pandemic - correct answersepidemic at a global scale
prevalence - correct answersnumber of people who have a specific disease over a specific time
period
incidence - correct answersnumber of new cases of a disease over a specific time period
case fatality rate - correct answershow quickly and effective a disease is at killing people
crude mortality rate - correct answersmortality rate in a population; calculated annually
disease specific mortality rate - correct answershow quickly and effectively a disease is at killing
people at a population level
morbidity rate - correct answershow sick people are, in general
disease specific morbidity rate - correct answershow sick people are, specific to a single disease
age specific mortality rate - correct answersthe rate at which people are dying within a certain
group of age (ex: 0-5 years old)
, age specific mortality and age specific morbidity rate - correct answersthe rate at which people
are dying and how sick people are in relation to a specific age
child mortality rate - correct answersnumber of deaths per 100 children in their first 5 years of
life
maternal mortality rate - correct answersnumber of deaths while pregnant and up to 42 days
after end of pregnancy
life expectancy - correct answersindicates how long on average a person is expected to live
QALY's (quality adjusted life years) - correct answersan adjusted form of life expectancy which
adjusts UP for having a better quality of life
DALY's (disability adjusted life years) - correct answerslife expectancy adjusted DOWN for the
number of years of disability
virulence - correct answersseverity of a disease
quickly; less harmful - correct answershighly virulent disease will kill _______ while low is
___________
index case - correct answersfirst case in an outbreak
carrier - correct answersobject that carries the disease but DOES NOT get sick from it
vector - correct answersobject that carries the disease from one host to another (ex-
mosquitoes)
