Epidemiology — Flashcards

IDR = (_____)/(sum of time periods for all disease free individuals at risk)

_____ rate = # of new cases / # of people at risk during a specified time period

CIR has a range from _____ and must be accompanied by a specific time period to have any meaningful interpretation

An IDR of 0 implies that a disease is _____ in a population whereas an IDR of infinity implies instantaneous, universal effect on population

_____ = sensitivity / (1 - specificity)

Type _____ poliovirus is the most common cause of endemics

The _____ rate is one way of measuring the virulence of the disease or infection

A rate is a special type of _____ where the numerator is the # of affected individuals in a given time period and the denominator is the population at risk over the same time period

According to the SRS 2023 update, the crude birth rate and death rate in India are _____ and 6.0 respectively.

Survival Cohort Bias is a special case of _____ where a survival cohort (available patients) is used instead of a true inception cohort