KINESIOL 1C03 Final: KIN 1C03 Epidemiology Final Exam Review
24 Apr 2018
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Epidemic: when more than the average gets that particular disease within a certain region. Pandemic: spreading to different populations (spreading into different countries) Hospitalization by age groups: younger group of people had more h1n1 cases, youngest and old people were taken to the hospital, our age group (25-49 years) were called the invincible age group weren"t taken to the hospital. Weakened immune system) which put them at greater risk. If you breathed in air that was affected with this disease you would get cholera. Microscopic organisms were unknown like bacteria: snow suspected it wasn"t an air borne problem, but it was a water problem. Snow"s legacy: snow"s work paved the way, for cleaning up the water supply, for germ theory formed the concept for this, for population medicine. Two things people get sick from are bacteria and viruses: for preventative medicine. Two things people get sick from are bacteria and viruses.
