Question

State which measure would best support your goal and briefly explain why you chose that measure for each of the following questions (numbers 1 – 5)..

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Measures of disease:
◾I = incidence rate
◾P = prevalence
◾L = lifetime prevalence
◾M = crude mortality rate (crude death rate)
◾R = sex ratio.
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1. To demonstrate the risks of car-train crashes at railroad crossings without warning signals..

2.To demonstrate the amount of children’s exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke.
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3.To estimate the number of persons who have had leukemia during their lifetimes..

4.To estimate the number of healthcare facilities needed to support patients with Alzheimer’s disease..

5.To argue that mortality from HIV infection is a more serious public health problem in one region of the U.S than another.

Answer 1

1. I - The incidence proportion is the number of current problems per group in danger in a given time period.

2. P - Prevalence in epidemiology is the dimension of a special population affirmed to be affected by a medical disease.

3. M-CRUDE DEATH RATE is the total amount of mortality to residents in a defined geographic region.

4. L-Lifetime prevalence (LTP) is the balance of people in a population that at some position in their living have endured.

5. R-sex ratio the symmetry of men to women in a granted community, ordinarily signified as the number of males by 100 women at a particular stage in living.