In a large urban public health department (PHD), Sam, the PHD's epidemiologist, is concerned about upward trends related to type 2 diabetes over the past 5 years. To help identify the key risk factors, Sam begins to examine three categories of risk central to epidemiology. These categories include all of the following except:
A)Prevalence
B)Behavioral
C)Environmental
D)Genetic

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Prevalence is not a category of risk; it is a measure of how common a disease is within a population at a given time. The key risk factors in epidemiology typically include behavioral, environmental, and genetic factors.

In a Large Urban Public Health Department (PHD), Sam, the PHD's