Glossary
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This glossary has been taken directly from the CDC web site: https://www.nwcphp.org/docs/risk/epi_glossary.pdf
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- AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY RATE. A mortality rate statistically modified to eliminate the effect of different age distributions in the different populations.
- AGENT. A factor, such as a microorganism, chemical substance, or form of radiation, whose presence, excessive presence, or (in deficiency diseases) relative absence is essential for the occurrence of a disease.
- AGE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATE. A mortality rate limited to a particular age group. The numerator is the number of deaths in that age group; the denominator is the number of persons in that age group in the population.
- ANALYTIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. The aspect of epidemiology concerned with the search for health-related causes and effects. Uses comparison groups, which provide baseline data, to quantify the association between exposures and outcomes, and test hypotheses about causal relationships.
- ANALYTIC STUDY. A comparative study intended to identify and quantify associations, test hypotheses, and identify causes. Two common types are cohort study and case-control study.
- APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY. The application or practice of epidemiology to address public health issues.
- ASSOCIATION. Statistical relationship between two or more events, characteristics, or other variables.
- ATTACK RATE. A variant of an incident rate, applied to a narrowly defined population observed for a limited period of time, such as during an epidemic.
- ATTRIBUTABLE PROPORTION. A measure of the public health impact of a causative factor; proportion of a disease in a group that is exposed to a particular factor which can be attributed to their exposure to that factor.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014). Epidemiology Glossary, from https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/glossary.html↵