Disease Detectives B/C

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*                     Disease        No disease
Exposure             7                  124
No exposure        1                   78

Calculate relative risk for this 2x2 table showing the association between wound infection and incidental appendectomy.
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The relative risk is (7/(7+124))/(1/(1+78)) which is equal to 4.22. This means someone who is exposed is 4.22 times as likely to develop the disease as someone who is not exposed.

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*                     Disease        No disease
Exposure             7                  124
No exposure        1                   78

Calculate relative risk for this 2x2 table showing the association between wound infection and incidental appendectomy.
Question from this webpage

Answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)

The relative risk is (7/(7+124))/(1/(1+78)) which is equal to 4.22. This means someone who is exposed is 4.22 times as likely to develop the disease as someone who is not exposed.

Correctamundo! Your turn!

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I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?

[SOnerd]

I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?

I'm new at this, so it's probably wrong :lol: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Control or prevention of the health problem; Opportunity to learn (research opportunity); Public, political, or legal concerns; Public health program considerations; Training

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to figure out if a common infectious agent/organism cause this outbreak, to prevent additional cases from the same source, to tell how to prevent this problem in the future

[SOnerd]

I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?

I'm new at this, so it's probably wrong :lol: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Control or prevention of the health problem; Opportunity to learn (research opportunity); Public, political, or legal concerns; Public health program considerations; Training

Try again!

Answer here if you're stuck (Click to Show Hidden Text)

to figure out if a common infectious agent/organism cause this outbreak, to prevent additional cases from the same source, to tell how to prevent this problem in the future

Okay (I cheated and read your answer), that makes sense. I guess I'll ask now (although I technically didn't answer correctly).

List Hill's Criteria for Causation.

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I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?

I'm new at this, so it's probably wrong :lol: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Control or prevention of the health problem; Opportunity to learn (research opportunity); Public, political, or legal concerns; Public health program considerations; Training

Try again!

Answer here if you're stuck (Click to Show Hidden Text)

to figure out if a common infectious agent/organism cause this outbreak, to prevent additional cases from the same source, to tell how to prevent this problem in the future

Okay (I cheated and read your answer), that makes sense. I guess I'll ask now (although I technically didn't answer correctly).

List Hill's Criteria for Causation.

Hill's Criteria for Causation are: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[list=a][*]Strength of Association [*]Consistency [*]Specificity [*]Alternative Explanations [*]Temporality [*]Dose-Response Relationship [*]Biological Plausibility [*]Experimental Evidence [*]Coherence[/list]

[SOnerd]

List Hill's Criteria for Causation.

Hill's Criteria for Causation are: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[list=a][*]Strength of Association [*]Consistency [*]Specificity [*]Alternative Explanations [*]Temporality [*]Dose-Response Relationship [*]Biological Plausibility [*]Experimental Evidence [*]Coherence[/list]

Correct! Your turn!

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