ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Liberal Arts Education, Ethnography, Distilled Beverage
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Endemic: when infectious/non-infectious disease is present in a population at a relatively constant (usually low) level at all times (no change in incidence over time) Epidemic: when infectious/non-infectious disease rate (# of new cases or incidence) suddenly increases above the expected or normal level for a short time in a localized area. Pandemic: when number of disease cases occurring worldwide suddenly increases. Worldwide mortality due to infectious diseases (who 2004) Evolutionary: historical contingency: accounts for time, recognize nature of epidemics at a certain period of time (time depth) Due to the visibility of the disease. It"s in people"s conscious and its therefore publicized. If the disease is not relative visibility when the disease is not publicized or controlled as much. The study of (human) disease, illness, and injury. Causes, manifestations, distribution and consequences and the application of this study to the control of health problems (public health)
