Deck 8: The Role of Data in Public Health Vital Statistics

Question 1

At the federal level, the primary agency that collects, analyzes, and reports data on the health of Americans is the National Center for Health Statistics which is a part of which agency?

A) Department of Health and Human Services
B) National Institutes of Health
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D) Food and Drug Administration

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which agency has developed a national survey that provides data not only on the geographical distribution of the population and its sex, age, and ethnic characteristics, but also on a wide variety of social and economic characteristics such as education, housing, and health insurance status?

A) National Center for Health Statistics
B) Census Bureau
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D) Food and Drug Administration

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which agency collects data that is useful for research on utilization and outcomes of medical care?

A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) National Cancer Institute
C) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
D) Food and Drug Administration

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Information on heart operations are the most basic and reliable data collected on public health.

Question 5

Information found on a birth certificate has been provided either by the father or the father's family.

Question 6

Infant mortality is a special focus for the whole CDC.

Question 7

In 2010, the Census Bureau estimates that it missed about 10 million people and counted about 36,000 people twice.

Question 8

The data collected through the vital statistics system and other methods must be converted into frequencies if they are to be useful for many public health purposes.

Question 9

The CDC and most other federal and state public health agencies make information available over the Internet.

Question 10

_________________ reports of notifiable diseases from state and local health agencies are transmitted electronically to the CDC, allowing prompt response to new outbreaks.

Question 11

Other than its use for research, the only exception made to the promise of confidentiality is when people must be notified that they have been exposed to a _____________________.

Question 12

Identifying numbers may be used in large public health databases in place of names and _____________________.

Question 13

Confidentiality arose as a major issue in public health data related to the _____________________ epidemic.

Question 14

whats the survey with the collaborative agency.
-National Asthma Survey

Question 15

whats the survey with the collaborative agency.
-National Infant Feeding Practices Study

Question 16

whats the survey with the collaborative agency.
-National Health Interview on Disability

Question 17

whats the survey to the appropriate description.
-Ask questions about diet and physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, seat-belt use and drinking and driving.

Question 18

whats the survey to the appropriate description.
-Doctors and nurses are sent in vans to conduct physical and dental examinations and laboratory tests on a carefully selected sample of the population

Question 19

whats the survey to the appropriate description.
-Asks approximately 35,000 households questions regarding illnesses, injuries, impairments, chronic conditions, access to health care, utilization of medical resources, and other health topics

Question 20

whats the survey to the appropriate description.
-A new survey from the Census Bureau used for detailed data

Question 21

Because which of the following is an important public health issue, the NCHS has set up a special computer system that links vital records of infants born during a given year who died before their first birthday?

A) Spontaneous fetal deaths
B) Induced abortions
C) Infant mortality
D) Elective abortion

Question 22

In an attempt to make the collection of detailed information more efficient and more timely, the Census Bureau in 2005 launched which ongoing survey which collects the same information previously collected on the long form?

A) American Household Survey
B) American Census Survey
C) American Community Survey
D) Comprehensive American Survey

Question 23

The information on death certificates is subject to a number of uncertainties, depending on how well the informant knew the deceased and the circumstances of the death.

Question 24

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken a lead in coordinating and encouraging the use of data in public health assessment.

Question 25

Effective public health planning depends on surveillance systems.

Question 26

Almost all useful public health data comes from the federal government.

Question 27

If you were working on what you suspected to be an emerging epidemic, you would need access to public health data.

Question 28

The Youth Behavioral Factor Risk Survey provides one of the most accurate and complete public health datasets.

Question 29

From 1972 to 2007, the rate of autopsies declined by more than half.

Question 30

_______________________ are a vital part of the public health's assessment function, used to identify special risk groups, to detect new health threats, to plan public health programs and evaluate their successes, and to prepare government budgets.

Question 31

In the past decades, many states have added a question regarding the mother's use of _______________ to the birth certificate.

Question 32

Census data is supposed to remain sealed for_______________ years.

Question 33

The most egregious example of a breach of census data privacy involved _______________ Americans during World War II.

Question 34

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the primary agency that collects, analyzes, and reports data on the health of Americans

Question 35

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Part of the Department of Commerce, collects data regarding the American population

Question 36

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Was able to save the American Community Survey which provides important economic data for business planning as well as government decision making

Question 37

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Carries out surveillance for health hazards in the environment including air pollutants and releases of toxic chemicals

Question 38

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Coordinates a program called Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER)

Question 39

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Maintains billing records which are useful for research on utilization and outcomes of medical care

Question 40

Whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Collects reports of adverse reactions to drugs after they have been approved and are on the market, sometimes recommending recalls if a serious problem appears that was not noted during pre-approval testing