Question

What type of data and studies does epidemiology manager need to be familiar with in order to be successful

Answer 1

Epidemiology is the study of various factors and condition that determine occurance and distribution of health, disease, defect, disability and death among groups of individual.

The measurement are done in the form of ratio and ratio. The data used in epidemiology are the following

• Demographic data : They are characteristics of population including age, gender, marital status, occupation, annual income etc which can explain the occurance of disease.
• Vital statistics data :It include the information regarding live birth, death, sickness and marriage which is kept in the numerical records.
• Health status and behavioral data :The behavior which adversely affect the health such as smoking, substance use, physical inactivity, imbalanced diet and also health care seeking behavior included in this type of date.
• Behavioral risk data:Risk of behavior including smoking, alcoholism, substance abuse etc.
• Socioeconomic data :Data related to socioeconomic status such as income, occupation etc
• Utilization data :The resources life health th care service and its utilization in terms of man, money and material.
• Health economic data

The above mentioned data yield the information regarding disease incidence and prevalence.