Question 1 of 25
Which of the following is not one of the four criteria for the utility of epidemiologic data?
A.The nature of the data
B.The completeness of the data
C.The reason the data are collected
D.The availability of the data
Question 2 of 25
Which of the following data sources is most likely to be representative of the general health status of a population
A.Hospital outpatient statistics
B.Absenteeism data
C.Data from public health clinics
D.A morbidity survey of the general population
Question 3 of 25
What data source has the advantage of being almost nearly complete in the U.S.?
A.Reportable disease statistics
B.Mortality statistics
C.Birth statistics
D.B and C
Question 4 of 25 4.0 Points
Cautious use of information from death certificates is warranted because:
A.certificates are not available for everyone who dies
B.certificates are often erroneous for date of death and sex
C.cause of death information may not be correct
D.autopsy results are not included
E.All of the above
Question 5 of 25 4.0 Points
The Vital Statistics Registration System in the U.S. collects data on all vital events including:
A.births
B.deaths
C.fetal deaths
D.A and B only
E.A, B, and C
Question 6 of 25
In case-control studies, the odds ratio is used as an estimate of the relative risk. In order for this approximation to be reasonable, some conditions must be met. Which of the following conditions is not necessary in order to use the odds ratio to estimate the relative risk?
A.With respect to exposure, controls are representative of the population to which you want to generalize your results
B.The event (disease) under study is rare in the population
C.The exposure in question is rare in the population
D.Cases are representative of all cases
Question 7 of 25
Case-control studies are among the best observational designs to study diseases of
A.high prevalence
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