Disease Detectives B/C

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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: October 17th, 2020, 1:37 pm At a party of 100 people, 20 people later became ill. 15 of the 100 people ate the pork, 8 of which matched the case definition for the illness. What is the odds ratio for the pork? Interpret your result.
The odds ratio for the pork is 6.95, which indicates that those who ate the pork are 6.95 times more likely to contract the illness that those who did not eat the pork. This leads us to believe that pork is likely the cause of illness, although we cannot be sure until lab verification.
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Reckless57 wrote: October 17th, 2020, 2:40 pm
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: October 17th, 2020, 1:37 pm At a party of 100 people, 20 people later became ill. 15 of the 100 people ate the pork, 8 of which matched the case definition for the illness. What is the odds ratio for the pork? Interpret your result.
The odds ratio for the pork is 6.95, which indicates that those who ate the pork are 6.95 times more likely to contract the illness that those who did not eat the pork. This leads us to believe that pork is likely the cause of illness, although we cannot be sure until lab verification.
we cannot conclude that those who ate the pork are 6.95 times more likely to contract the illness based on the odds ratio. We can only conclude that there is a high degree of association between the pork and the illness. Any assessment of the risks between the two groups (or cohorts, if you prefer) would require a relative risk calculation.
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: October 17th, 2020, 1:37 pm At a party of 100 people, 20 people later became ill. 15 of the 100 people ate the pork, 8 of which matched the case definition for the illness. What is the odds ratio for the pork? Interpret your result.
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: October 17th, 2020, 1:37 pm At a party of 100 people, 20 people later became ill. 15 of the 100 people ate the pork, 8 of which matched the case definition for the illness. What is the odds ratio for the pork? Interpret your result.
6.95?  The people who ate the pork is more likely than not to get the illness
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stlcards422 wrote: January 20th, 2021, 12:11 pm
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: October 17th, 2020, 1:37 pm At a party of 100 people, 20 people later became ill. 15 of the 100 people ate the pork, 8 of which matched the case definition for the illness. What is the odds ratio for the pork? Interpret your result.
6.95?  The people who ate the pork is more likely than not to get the illness
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What is the diffrence between Active/Passive surveillence?
WHat is the difference between Outbreak, Epidemic and Pandemic?
What type of study is Relative Risk?
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stlcards422 wrote: February 1st, 2021, 3:49 pm What is the diffrence between Active/Passive surveillence?
WHat is the difference between Outbreak, Epidemic and Pandemic?
What type of study is Relative Risk?
Active surveillance is when health officials are actively collecting data themselves, whereas in passive surveillance they use the data that is reported to them.
An outbreak is simply more cases than expected in an area over a given time period. An epidemic is an outbreak that affects a large number of people over a wide geographic area, and a pandemic is a large-scale epidemic that affects a large proportion of the population over a very wide geographic area (i.e. several countries or continents).
Relative risk is used in a cohort study.
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7 or 6.95
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Tailsfan101 wrote: February 3rd, 2021, 9:39 am
stlcards422 wrote: February 1st, 2021, 3:49 pm What is the diffrence between Active/Passive surveillence?
WHat is the difference between Outbreak, Epidemic and Pandemic?
What type of study is Relative Risk?
Active surveillance is when health officials are actively collecting data themselves, whereas in passive surveillance they use the data that is reported to them.
An outbreak is simply more cases than expected in an area over a given time period. An epidemic is an outbreak that affects a large number of people over a wide geographic area, and a pandemic is a large-scale epidemic that affects a large proportion of the population over a very wide geographic area (i.e. several countries or continents).
Relative risk is used in a cohort study.
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83 people go to a party. A few days after the party, 35 of the attendees develop Salmonella. Of the 35 ill, 29 ate the hors d'oeuvres, and 11 of the 48 well ate the hors d'oeuvres.
1. Calculate the relative risk for this scenario.
2. Interpret the answer for #1.
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