The population health nurse is compiling statistics about lung cancer in one neighborhood that has experienced an average of 15 years from diagnosis to death. Which concept of epidemiology is the nurse analyzing?
1. Mortality rate.
2. Survival time.
3. Morbidity rate.
4. Survival rate.
Question 2
The population health nurse is compiling childhood illness statistics and finds that the morbidity for chickenpox is higher for one neighborhood in comparison to the local county. What does this information mean to the nurse?
1. There are new cases of chickenpox in the neighborhood.
2. There are a larger percentage of children with chickenpox in the neighborhood.
3. A large group of children have been affected by chickenpox in the neighborhood.
4. There has been a rise in the number of children with chickenpox during a specified period of time in the neighborhood.
Continuous variation in a natural population
Determinants of health
Comparison of Paper Medical Records and Electronic Health Records
Environmental Health
Nurse using a stethoscope
Time vs. USA Population Exponential