Health

MPH. Test-5 Question 1 Choose the incorrect answer. Clinical data sources include: hospital data diseases treated in special clinics immunization records of pupils in school data from physicians' records Question 6 An abrupt drop in mortality due to a specific disease from one year to the next is most likely due to: Answers: incorrect listing of cause of death by the physician on the death certificate coding mistake when using the International Classification of Disease (ICD) system A and B a change in the International Classification of Disease (ICD) system fewer older persons dying from chronic diseases each year Question 8 Descriptive epidemiology characterizes the amount and distribution of disease within a population and enables the researcher to: make direct tests of etiologic hypotheses generate testable hypotheses regarding etiology evaluate trends in health and disease within a population All of the above B and C only Question 9 What data source has the advantage of being almost nearly complete in the U.S.? Reportable disease statistics Mortality statistics Birth statistics B and C Question 10 Age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates by sex in the United States generally show the following sex differences: Answers: Rates for males are higher than rates for females from birth to age 85 and older. Rates for females are higher than rates for males from birth to age 85 and older. Rates for males are higher than rates for females from age 6 to age 85 and older. Rates for males are equal to rates for females during the first 5 years of life. C and D