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*                     Disease        No disease
Exposure             7                  124
No exposure        1                   78

Calculate relative risk for this 2x2 table showing the association between wound infection and incidental appendectomy.
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The relative risk is (7/(7+124))/(1/(1+78)) which is equal to 4.22. This means someone who is exposed is 4.22 times as likely to develop the disease as someone who is not exposed.
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:*                     Disease        No disease
Exposure             7                  124
No exposure        1                   78

Calculate relative risk for this 2x2 table showing the association between wound infection and incidental appendectomy.
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The relative risk is (7/(7+124))/(1/(1+78)) which is equal to 4.22. This means someone who is exposed is 4.22 times as likely to develop the disease as someone who is not exposed.
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I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?
Control or prevention of the health problem; Opportunity to learn (research opportunity); Public, political, or legal concerns; Public health program considerations; Training
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Try again!
to figure out if a common infectious agent/organism cause this outbreak, to prevent additional cases from the same source, to tell how to prevent this problem in the future
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SOnerd wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?
Control or prevention of the health problem; Opportunity to learn (research opportunity); Public, political, or legal concerns; Public health program considerations; Training
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:Try again!
to figure out if a common infectious agent/organism cause this outbreak, to prevent additional cases from the same source, to tell how to prevent this problem in the future
Okay (I cheated and read your answer), that makes sense. I guess I'll ask now (although I technically didn't answer correctly). :)

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SOnerd wrote:
SOnerd wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:I guess I'll get this started again:
What are the reasons for investigating an outbreak?
Control or prevention of the health problem; Opportunity to learn (research opportunity); Public, political, or legal concerns; Public health program considerations; Training
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:Try again!
to figure out if a common infectious agent/organism cause this outbreak, to prevent additional cases from the same source, to tell how to prevent this problem in the future
Okay (I cheated and read your answer), that makes sense. I guess I'll ask now (although I technically didn't answer correctly). :)

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[list=a][*]Strength of Association [*]Consistency [*]Specificity [*]Alternative Explanations [*]Temporality [*]Dose-Response Relationship [*]Biological Plausibility [*]Experimental Evidence [*]Coherence[/list]
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: List Hill's Criteria for Causation.
[list=a][*]Strength of Association [*]Consistency [*]Specificity [*]Alternative Explanations [*]Temporality [*]Dose-Response Relationship [*]Biological Plausibility [*]Experimental Evidence [*]Coherence[/list]
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What was the real name of "Typhoid Mary," and what made her famous?
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