If one mapped the cases of a particular illness, much like John Snow did with cholera in the 1800s, the information contained in the map geographic location and distribution of disease) would be considered part of the analytic epidemiology of the disease.

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The mapping of cases to show geographic location and distribution is part of descriptive epidemiology, not analytic epidemiology, which focuses on identifying causes and risk factors.

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