GEO 716 Midterm: Midterm #2 Review
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Incidence is the frequency with which an event occurs within a given time period (such as one year). For example, it could be said that the incidence of new breast cancer cases in 2007 demonstrated 50,000 new cases. By contrast, prevalence refers to how many people currently have that condition this year. Zoonotic diseases are contagious diseases spread between animals and humans. These diseases are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that are carried by animals and insects. Escherichia coli infection, lyme disease, malaria, plague, rocky. Many health experts see the infant mortality rate as a sentinel indicator of child health and the well-being of a society over time. It also indicates health disparities between different populations, both within and between countries. United nations" human development report states: no indicator captures the divergence in human development opportunity more powerfully than child mortality. 3.
