Pubh 6035 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Question: What were the total person-months at risk during the study? 2. Question: A cohort study of coffee drinking and anxiety was conducted at a university campus. There were a total of 30,000 freshmen who participated. 10,000 were coffee drinkers and 20,000 were not. Of the coffee drinkers, 500 developed anxiety during the 4-year follow-up period. Of the non-coffee drinkers, 200 developed anxiety during the same time period. Assume that no one in the population died or was lost during th...

Module 2 Assignment: Descriptive Epidemiology Case Study (50 points)To complete the assignment, access the following resource:National Cancer Institute. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program.SEER*E:// Answer in complete sentences. (4 points)From 2015 to 2019, there were 445.5 cases per 100,000 for all cancer sites combined in bothsexes: 419.9 cases per 100,000 for women and 484.7 cases per 100,000 for men. Females saw64.8% lower 5-year age-adjusted incidence rates for all cancer sit...

PUBH 6035 Epidemiology Problem set Uncovering the Science of Public Health/An epidemiological investigation was begun on July 1, 2000 among a population of 1,000 individuals.Three individuals were found to have leukemia on July 1st. During the ten-year follow-up period, fivenew cases of leukemia were diagnosed. Among the eight leukemia cases, four deaths occurred duringthe ten-year follow-up period. Two additional individuals, neither of whom had leukemia, were lost tofollow-up at some point dur...

PUBH 6035 Module 7 Final Exam

1. Question: What were the total person-months at risk during the study? 2. Question: A cohort study of coffee drinking and anxiety was conducted at a university campus. There were a total of 30,000 freshmen who participated. 10,000 were coffee drinkers and 20,000 were not. Of the coffee drinkers, 500 developed anxiety during the 4-year follow-up period. Of the non-coffee drinkers, 200 developed anxiety during the same time period. Assume that no one in the population died or was lost during th...

1. Question: What were the total person-months at risk during the study? 2. Question: A cohort study of coffee drinking and anxiety was conducted at a university campus. There were a total of 30,000 freshmen who participated. 10,000 were coffee drinkers and 20,000 were not. Of the coffee drinkers, 500 developed anxiety during the 4-year follow-up period. Of the non-coffee drinkers, 200 developed anxiety during the same time period. Assume that no one in the population died or was lost during th...

1. Question: What were the total person-months at risk during the study? 2. Question: A cohort study of coffee drinking and anxiety was conducted at a university campus. There were a total of 30,000 freshmen who participated. 10,000 were coffee drinkers and 20,000 were not. Of the coffee drinkers, 500 developed anxiety during the 4-year follow-up period. Of the non-coffee drinkers, 200 developed anxiety during the same time period. Assume that no one in the population died or was lost during th...

PUBH6035 Module 5 Assignment; Problem Set - Confounding and Effect Modification

Section B: Calculating Measures of AssociationOver 25 studies have been conducted which have failed to show an associationbetween MMR vaccine and autism. Below are some data from two of these studies(One cohort and one case-control). Calculate the measure of association for eachstudy after completing the 2x2 table and interpret the measure of association.1. Cohort study by Madsen et al (NEJM 2002)Of the 537,303 children in the cohort, 440,655 (82.0 percent) had received the MMRvaccine. We identi...

PUBH6035 Module 3 Assignment 1; Case Study Epidemiological Measures