Descriptive Epidemiology

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Descriptive Epidemiology

• Bioterrorism Epidemiology
• Module 5
• Missouri Department of Health
• And Senior Services

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Descriptive Epidemiology
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Descriptive Epidemiology

• Person

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Descriptive Epidemiology

• Person
• Place

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Descriptive Epidemiology

• Person
• Place
• Time

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Person

• Demographic
• Age
• Gender
• Race
• Ethnic group
• Income

• Education
• Occupation
• Marital status
• Personality type
• Religion

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Person

• Family variables
• Family size
• Maternal age
• Mothers education
• Birth order
• Parental deprivation

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Person

• Other variables
• Blood type
• Past environmental exposures
• Personality traits

• Immune status
• Vaccination status
• Nutritional status
• Exercise routine

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Place

• School
• Residence
• Workplace
• Restaurants
• Convention or recreational sites
• Recent travel history

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Time

• Secular trends
• Cyclic changes
• Clusters in time and place

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Graphs are useful tools for describing data.
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Histogram
Data from Sverdlovsk in former Soviet Union
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Line Graph
Data from Sverdlovsk in former Soviet Union
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Line Graph
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Line Graph
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Line Graph
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Line Graph
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Bar Charts
Data from Sverdlovsk in former Soviet Union
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Bar Charts
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Bar Charts
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Bar Charts
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Bar Charts
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Bar Charts
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Bar Charts
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Bar Charts
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Pie Chart
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Pie Chart
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Pie Chart
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Boxplots
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Boxplots
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Boxplots
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Boxplots
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Boxplots
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Scatter Plot
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Scatter Plot
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Scatter Plot
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Scatter Plot
Data from Sverdlovsk in former Soviet Union