HLSC 2P27 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cumulative Incidence, Survival Analysis, Chemotherapy
30 Jan 2017
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Studying patterns, causes, and consequences of disease on defined populations. The farmingham study is the most famous and on-going prospective cohort that identifies the causes of cardiovascular disease. Some people have stopped vaccinating their children which is allowing diseases to become more severe and re-emerge over time, even though they were on the verge of being eradicated. Endemic: a disease frequently seen in a population at a given time: ex. Malaria is endemic is various areas of africa. America between the months of nov-apr. you expect a certain frequency. Outbreak: short lived spike in a certain disease that can be traced back to a specific source: ex. Sars, happened all at once in a given location. Epidemic: incidence of disease in the broader population within a defined geographical location that exceeds the expected frequency: ex. Flu had higher incidence than expected this year in the niagara region due to ineffective vaccine.
