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Module 1 Questions
Question 4:
a. Environmental factors such as seasonal changes, winds, eating, and drinking habits
influence disease rates. Other factors such as living habits, working habits, and air
pollution also play a big role in disease outcomes.
b. Mortality data is a vital statistic when it comes to epidemiology because it measures
the total death in a specific location across an identified population. It can be further
broken down into infant mortality rate and gender specific mortality rate just to name
a few.
c. Natural experiments are disease outbreaks that happen in circumstances that are
‘natural’ and not caused by man-made factors. One such example listed by the book
was the spread of cholera through the water.
d. Identifying agents of disease is extremely important in epidemiology because the
identification of the origin and method of dispersal (air, water, etc) is vital to limit the
disease. By identifying the agents, countermeasures can be created to stop the spread