HPR 350 HPR350 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT INTERPRETING DATA CHARTS - ASHFORD
HPR 350 Week 2 Assignment Interpreting Data Charts (Ashford)
Interpreting Data Charts. Due by Day 7. This assignment has multiple parts, please review each step carefully:
Step 1:
1. Differentiate between morbidity and mortality
2. Define morbidity rate and mortality rate.
3. Explain what these rates mean for epidemiologists
d. Explain what these rates mean for the general public
Step 2:
In the current issue of the MMWR, which you used for your discussion this week, click on “Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables.” When the document opens, note that this collection of tables represent the number of reported cases of notifiable diseases for the most current week.
In Table I (which should comprise the first two pages of the document):
In the current issue of the MMWR, which you used for your discussion this week, click on “Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables.” When the document opens, note that this collection of tables represent the number of reported cases of notifiable diseases for the most current week.
In Table I (which should comprise the first two pages of the document):
1. Select two diseases that are listed down the left side of the page – make sure there were actual cases reported
on those diseases by noting a number in the second column titled “current week.”
2. Summarize the nature of your two selected diseases uses scholarly sources (i.e. what is the disease, what are
the symptoms, how does one obtain it)
3. Explain the trend in reported cases of the two diseases (you will need to review the other columns in the chart
to find this information)
Student Help: See “Example Document-Step 2” of how to find and record this information
Step 3:
Scroll down to Table II (it usually starts on the third page of the mortality tables). This will basically encompass the majority of the document. Table II is a state by state listing of specific notifiable diseases.
Scroll down to Table II (it usually starts on the third page of the mortality tables). This will basically encompass the majority of the document. Table II is a state by state listing of specific notifiable diseases.
4. Find your state for the following diseases: mumps, pertussis, gonorrhea, pneumococcal disease for all ages
(NOT <5), syphilis, and hepatitis B. Note that they usually list three diseases per page.
5. Explain the trend in reported cases of each disease within your state
6. Compare your states’ cases with the total listed for the United States (found at the top of each page in Table
II).
7. Explain what this means to epidemiologists and the general public.
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