Each of the following statements suggests a common epidemiologic measure. Identi

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Each of the following statements suggests a common epidemiologic measure. Identify the one rate or proportion that best fits each item below. Be as detailed as possible. For instance, if you choose prevalence, indicate whether it is point or period prevalence; if you choose incidence, indicate if it is cumulative incidence or incidence density; if you choose infant mortality, if possible indicate whether it is neonatal or post-neonatal mortality.

1) In a study of diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in youth under 20 in the United States, about 24.3 young people were newly diagnosed for every 100,000 person-years.
2) In Afghanistan in 2016, it was estimated that there were about 38.3 live births for every 1,000 people.
3) Seven out of every 10 deaths among Americans (or 70% of deaths) each year are from chronic diseases.
4) In Utah, 78 infants were born alive for every thousand women between 15 and 44 years of age in 2015. This rate is notably higher than for the United States as a whole.
5) In 2009 there were 524 new cases of invasive cancer diagnosed per 100,000 U.S. males.
6) About 217 white infants and about 340 black infants died for every 1,000 who were born in the U.S. in 1850.
7) In 2006, approximately 9% of Florida adults were suffering from current depression.
8) In the United States in 2014, 3.94 infants died in the first 27 days of life for every 1,000 live-born infants.
9) Worldwide, about 52.8% of all those diagnosed with Avian Flu died from it.
10) In 2007, 585 people died from AIDS in Botswana for every 100,000 people in that country.
11) In Somalia over 1,000 mothers die for every 100,000 births.
12) About 6.6% of Americans reported having major depressive disorder at some time over the past year, while 16.2% have had the disorder at some time in their lives.
13) In the United States in 2014, 1.88 infants died between 28 days and one year of age for every 1,000 born alive.
14) In 1850, white American women gave birth to an average of 5.4 children and black American women gave birth to 7.9.
15) In 2012 there were about 11 deaths from all causes for every 1,000 people in Germany.

Explanation / Answer

Solutions:

1.) Incidence

2.) Prevalence

3.) Prevalence

4.) Prevalence

5.) Incidence

6) Infant mortality

7.) Prevalance

8.) Infant mortality

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