Welcome to your ECN 2022 - Public Health
Questions 81 to 85: A city has a population of 250,00 of which 10,000 have disease X which is incurable. There are 1000 new cases and 400 deaths each year from this disease. There are 2500 deaths per year from all causes 81. The prevalence of this disease is which of the following?
82. The distance specific mortality rate due to this disease is
83. What is the rate of increase in the population?
84. The incidence of this disease in the population is:
85. What is the crude all cause mortality rate in this population?
86. Patients who are infected with an agent but never develop clinical symptoms of the disease are known as carriers ……………………
87. All but one of the following vaccines are grown in embryonated chicken eggs
88. All of the following conditions are complications of untreated syphilis except one?
89. Which of the following sexually transmitted infections ranks as the number one reported communicable disease in Cameroon?
90. A woman’s 11-year-old son is injured in a car accident and requires a blood transfusion. The mother refuses to consent to the transfusion for the boy on the grounds of her religious belief system. The doctor should:
91. A neuropsychologist is studying the effects of drug A and drug B on cognitive performance in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. He administers a memory test to two groups of subjects (those taking drug A and those taking drug B) and compares their average scores. Which of the following statistical tests would be most appropriate for this study?
92. A city health department report the city’s infant mortality rate over the past year. This value corresponds to which of the following statements?
The data below compares the results of a diagnostic test in the presence and absence of a disease. Disease present Disease absent Positive test 405 Negative test 1095 Total 50100 93. Which of the following is a specificity of this test?
94. All of the following are uses of epidemiology except one; which one?
95. The ratio of the standard deviation of the arithmetic mean of the series is known as:
96. Which vaccine should not be administered to individuals living in household with high immunocompromise?
97. All the following statement about vaccination during pregnancy are true except one; which one?
98. All of the following are documented modes of transmission for the human immunodeficiency virus except ………………?
99. In order to prevent HIV infections, which of the following groups of people should not donate blood?
100. A 15-year-old boy presents to his family physicians office with a chief complaint of a burning sensation during urination. A purulent urethral discharge is noted on physical examination, a gram stain of the smear is consistent with a diagnosis of gonorrhea. The patient explains that he had sex with a friend about 7 days earlier. The physician can treat the patient:
