“You are required to choose a Specific named developing country and identify infectious disease outbreak. Critically dis
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“You are required to choose a Specific named developing country
and identify infectious disease outbreak. Critically discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of the study designs used to identify
risk factors and frequency. This essay should demonstrate the
ability to comprehend and understand epidemiology terms and to
analyse the contributing economic, political, environmental, and
social causal factors to the disease.”
Basic calculations guide • Crude death rate Total # of deaths
per calendar year/ Estimated mid-year population that year x 1000
or 10000 • Cause specific death rate Total # of deaths from a cause
in an age range per year/ Estimated mid-year population in age
range that year x 1000 or 10000 • Age specific death rate Total #
of deaths per year/Estimated mid-year population that year x 1000
or 10000 • Infant mortality rate Total # deaths <1 in a time
period/total number of live births in same time period x 1000 •
Standard mortality rate Total # of deaths (age group) / expected
deaths that year (age group) x 100 • Death to case fatality Total #
deaths of a specific cause in a time period/# of new cases of same
disease in the same time period x 100 • Case fatality # died / #
cases x 100 • Primary attack rate #died/# at risk x 1000 •
Secondary attack rate #cases in contact with primary cases/total
number of contacts x 100 or 1000
and identify infectious disease outbreak. Critically discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of the study designs used to identify
risk factors and frequency. This essay should demonstrate the
ability to comprehend and understand epidemiology terms and to
analyse the contributing economic, political, environmental, and
social causal factors to the disease.”
Basic calculations guide • Crude death rate Total # of deaths
per calendar year/ Estimated mid-year population that year x 1000
or 10000 • Cause specific death rate Total # of deaths from a cause
in an age range per year/ Estimated mid-year population in age
range that year x 1000 or 10000 • Age specific death rate Total #
of deaths per year/Estimated mid-year population that year x 1000
or 10000 • Infant mortality rate Total # deaths <1 in a time
period/total number of live births in same time period x 1000 •
Standard mortality rate Total # of deaths (age group) / expected
deaths that year (age group) x 100 • Death to case fatality Total #
deaths of a specific cause in a time period/# of new cases of same
disease in the same time period x 100 • Case fatality # died / #
cases x 100 • Primary attack rate #died/# at risk x 1000 •
Secondary attack rate #cases in contact with primary cases/total
number of contacts x 100 or 1000