PSYC-307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Relative Risk, Infant Mortality, Distracted Driving
25 Sep 2017
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Adjusted rates: control for other factors (ie other than population, such as age of. Rates: standardized population size, accounts for differences between groups (eg cases. Ex: the prevalence of hiv increased from 1980"s into the 2000"s. the increase in part. Epidemiology: concepts used in epidemiology, experimental designs, evaluating research and interpretating. Raw data: quantitative or qualitative info that is not manipulated/interpreted. Raw data is not adjusted for discrepancies such as population numbers-places with larger populations will naturally experience higher death rate per 100000, or %) mothers, rural/urban development, incomes, access to health services and neonatal care). Ex aboriginal infant mortality is far higher in canada even when we control for mothers age. Incidence: the number of new cases in a specified time period (ex during h1n1, what is the number of incidences in period x) Prevalence: broader than incidence: looks at the total number of cases.
