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Identify if the statement suggests incidence (cumulative incidence or incidence

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Question

Identify if the statement suggests incidence (cumulative incidence or incidence density), prevalence (point prevalence or period prevalence), or infant mortality (neonatal mortality or post-neonatal -if possible).

a   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.

b   In Afghanistan in 2016, it was estimated that there were about 38.3 live births for every 1,000 people.

c   Seven out of every 10 deaths among Americans (or 70% of deaths) each year are from chronic diseases.

d   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.

e   In 2009 there were 524 new cases of invasive cancer diagnosed per 100,000 U.S. males.

f   About 217 white infants and about 340 black infants died for every 1,000 who were born in the U.S. in 1850.

g   In 2006, approximately 9% of Florida adults were suffering from current depression.

h   In the United States in 2014, 3.94 infants died in the first 27 days of life for every 1,000 live-born infants.

i   Worldwide, about 52.8% of all those diagnosed with Avian Flu died from it.

j   In 2007, 585 people died from AIDS in Botswana for every 100,000 people in that country.

k   In Somalia over 1,000 mothers die for every 100,000 births.

l   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.

m   In the United States in 2014, 1.88 infants died between 28 days and one year of age for every 1,000 born alive.

n   In 1850, white American women gave birth to an average of 5.4 children and black American women gave birth to 7.9.

o   In 2012 there were about 11 deaths from all causes for every 1,000 people in Germany.

Explanation / Answer

Answers

a.) Incidence

b.) Prevalence

c.) Prevalence

d.) Prevalence

e.) Incidence

f.) Infant mortality

g.) Prevalance

h.) Infant mortality