Question 1

During an outbreak of cholera in Africa in 1985, the average risk of contracting this disease was 12.6%. What is the appropriate measure to report?

Accepted Answer

Prevalence.

Question 2

In a given year, data shows about 26,000 male athletes playing football at schools in the Unites States. During the same year, 1,836 TBIs are reported to the NCAA. Calculate the incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among intercollegiate football players.

Accepted Answer

(1,836 TBIs/26,000 male athletes) *1,000 = 70.615 rounded to 70.62 concussions per 1,000 football players.

Question 3

Which of the following is a method of calculating maternal mortality?

Accepted Answer

One way of thinking about maternal mortality is to count the number of maternal deaths and compare that number to the number of live births.

Question 4

In underdeveloped countries, approximately 250 in 1,000 children between the ages of 5 and10 will die this year. What is the appropriate measure to report?

Accepted Answer

Age-specific mortality rates.

Question 5

Influenza is an example of _______ that occur within the U.S. population.

Accepted Answer

Influenza is an example of epidemics, pandemics, and endemics that occur within the U.S. population.

Question 6

Calculate the maternal mortality rate if a state had 184,465 obstetric admissions in all of its hospitals and 16 maternal deaths.

Accepted Answer

(16 maternal deaths/184,465 obstetric admissions) * 100,000 = 8.673 rounded to 8.67 maternal deaths per 100,000 admissions.

Question 7

-Refer to above figure :Calculate the early neonatal mortality rate for Bluegrass County in 2014:

Accepted Answer

(295 infant deaths <8 days/158,623 live births) * 1,000 = 1.859 rounded to 1.86 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Question 8

-Refer to above figure :Calculate the ITOP (abortion) rate for Bluegrass County in 2014:

Accepted Answer

(12,682 ITOP/158,623 live births) * 1,000 = 79.950 rounded to 79.95 abortions per 1,000 female ages 15-44.

Question 9

The size of the multiplier or constant depends on how rare an event occurs. The more ____ an occurrence, the ____ the constant.

Accepted Answer

The more rare an occurrence, the larger the constant.

Question 10

-Refer to above figure :Calculate the maternal mortality rate for Bluegrass County in 2014:

Accepted Answer

(22 maternal deaths/202,784 obstetric admissions) * 100,000 = 10.848 rounded to 10.85 maternal deaths per 100,000 females age 15-44.

Question 11

What type of rates are used to standardize (or normalize) a population that has a skewed distribution of its population?

Accepted Answer

Adjusted rates are used to standardize (or normalize) a population that has a skewed distribution of its population.

Question 12

A given state counted 16 maternal deaths within 1 year of the end of pregnancy from a pregnancy complication on its death certificates. That year, the state counted 134,617 live births. Calculate the maternal mortality rate.

Accepted Answer

(16 maternal deaths/134,617 live births) * 100,000 = 11.885 rounded to 11.98 maternal deaths per 100,000 births.

Question 13

In 2014, 12,864 induced abortions and 53,754 live births were recorded in the state. Calculate the state's 2014 abortion rate.

Accepted Answer

(12,864 induced abortions/53,754 live births) *1,000 = 239.312 rounded to 239.31 abortions per 1,000 live births.

Question 14

Approximately two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease (5,200,000 Americans total in 2014) are women age 60 and older, of whom there are about 21 million in the country. What is the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in that demographic?

Accepted Answer

[(5,200,000 *2/3 women)/21,000,000] *1,000 = 165.08 Alzheimer's cases per 1,000 females age 60 and older.

Question 15

-Refer to above figure :Calculate the infant death rate for Bluegrass County in 2014:

Accepted Answer

[(216 infant deaths 8-28 days + 346 infant deaths 28-365 days)/158,623 live births] *1,000 = 3.542 rounded to 3.54 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

Question 16

-Refer to above figure :Calculate the perinatal mortality rate for Bluegrass County in 2014:

Accepted Answer

(295 infant deaths <8 days + 98 late fetal deaths)/(98 late fetal deaths + 158,623 live births) * 1,000 =2.476 rounded to 2.48 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Question 17

In 2014, 12,864 induced abortions were recorded in the state. The state counted a mid-interval population of women age 15-44 of 804,813. Calculate the state's 2014 abortion rate.

Accepted Answer

(12,864 induced abortions/804,813 mid-interval population of women age 15-44) * 1,000 = 15.983 rounded to 15.98 abortions per 1,000 females age 15-44.

Question 18

A late fetal death is after _____ weeks.

Accepted Answer

A late fetal death is after 28 weeks.

Question 19

-Refer to above figure :Calculate the crude death rate for Bluegrass County in 2014:

Accepted Answer

(6,751 total deaths/69,000 total mid-interval population) * 1,000 = 97.840 rounded to 97.84 deaths per 1,000 population.

Question 20

At the end of 2014, 5,200,000 Americans were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. It is estimated that approximately 200,000 new cases of Alzheimer's are diagnosed each month. What would be the estimated prevalence of Alzheimer's in the United States by the end of March 2015 (for the purpose of this question, assume that no patients die during this period). The 2015 population is estimated to be 320,000,000 people.

Accepted Answer

{[5,200,000 diagnosed + (3 months *200,000 new patients per month)]/320,000,000 population}* 1,000 = 18.125 rounded to 18.13 Alzheimer's cases per 1,000 people.

Quiz 6: Public Health Data