Definition 1 of 47
The ratio of the risk of disease in exposed individuals to the risk of disease in non-exposed
individuals
Prevalence
Morbidity
Relative risk
Attributable risk
Definition 2 of 47
The proportion of patients/clients with a positive test result who have the condition of interest
Multiples of the median (mom)
Positive Predictive Value (PPV)
Prevalence
Negative Predictive Value (npv)
Definition 3 of 47
A range of factors that influence the health status of individuals or populations
Social justice
Levels of evidence
Determinants of health
Population health
,Definition 4 of 47
An "extra" variable that you didn't account for. They can ruin an experiment and give you
useless results
Independent Variable (iv)
Confounding Variables (CV)
Sensitivity (of tests)
Specificity (of tests)
Definition 5 of 47
A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.
Chronic disease
Communicable disease
Infectious disease
Gastric resection
Definition 6 of 47
Detect disease early and preventing it from getting worse
Risk analysis
Observation
Secondary prevention
Prevalence
Definition 7 of 47
Reducing the symptoms of a disease and improve quality of life.
Relative risk
Risk analysis
Health promotion
Tertiary prevention
,Definition 8 of 47
Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and induced termination of pregnancies.
Morbidity
Population Health
Vital Statistics
Mortality
Definition 9 of 47
The number of new cases of a disease that occurs during a specified period of time in a
population at risk for developing the disease
Prevalence rate
Absolute risk
Incidence rate
Relative risk
Definition 10 of 47
Collection, analysis, dissemination of data
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Surveillance
Primary Prevention
Definition 11 of 47
Prevents the onset of disease; reduce the incidence of disease.
Prevalence
Relative risk
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
, Definition 12 of 47
The process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that could negatively impact key
business initiatives or critical projects in order to help organizations avoid or mitigate those
risks
Absolute risk
Risk analysis
Relative risk
Morbidity
Definition 13 of 47
The number of affected persons present in the population at a specific time divided by the
number of persons in the population at that same time
Prevalence rate
Morbidity
Incidence rate
Relative risk
Definition 14 of 47
Compiled information
Prevalence
Outcome
Information
Data
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