32) City A (population 1,547600) experiences 1,638 cases of a disease. Town B (p

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32) City A (population 1,547600) experiences 1,638 cases of a disease. Town B (population 347) experiences 52 cases of a disease. Epidemiologists are likely most concerned about which of these two situations? A) Both equally, because no cases of illness are acceptable. B) City A, because it is experiencing a much higher number of cases. C) City A, because they would be most worried about the possibility of more cases spreading in the larger population D) Town B, because epidemiology focuses on rates of disease, and this is a high rate. E) Neither, because the number of cases is relatively low in each.

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Answer: Option B. City A, because it is experiencing a much higher number of cases.

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of distribution and determinants of the health and disease conditions in a particular population. in case of City A the 9.44% of the total population is suffered from disease where as in Town B the diseases spread percentage is only 0.667 %, which is imuch lower than the City A. Henc due to more suffered person in city A epidomologist must concern about the city A situation rather than town B.

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