HLSC 3820U Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Thomas Sydenham, John Graunt, Yellow Fever
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States or events in human populations across the lifespan. Def"n scientific study of the distribution and determinants of health-related events and patterns person place and time. Analytical epidemiology identifies risk factors and etiology of disease. Descriptive epidemiology identification, description, observation, measurement, interpretation, and dissemination of health related states (sdoh) susceptibility of an individual. Aetiology study of all known and suspected risk factors causes or sdoh. Endemics disease or illness that is constantly present in the population at low levels. Epidemics occurrence of a given disease or illness in clear excess of the normal frequency in a geographical region. Bills of mortality recording of births and deaths. Recorded information to person"s age, sex, and mortality rates. Natural and political observations made upon the bills of mortality . Descriptive epi person place and time. Analytical -> determined what killed people: analyzed reports of births and deaths in london england, leading cause of death; poverty and infectious disease.
