The Spanish flue of 1918 was unusual because elderly women died much more than any other segment of the population

Match the following terms to the most appropriate definition or example.

If you used a piece of paper for calculations, please show all sides of the paper and destroy if before submitting this exam. (please note this question is worth no points, simply here as a reminder)

Point source outbreaks occur when a group of individuals is exposed to a disease-causing agent intermittently over a long period of time

Which of the following is true of the susceptibility stage of a disease?

If a disease occurs, quarantine and isolation can only take place voluntarily (cannot be legally mandated)

Graduating students at Missouri Southern were surveyed and asked if they had passed their general biology class on the first attempt. Of the 989 students who responded, 124 failed the course on their first attempt. Calculate the proportion of students who failed the course on their first attempt.

If the proportion of individuals who become infected with a disease after exposure is high, it can be said that the disease has high infectivity

The proportionate mortality rate compares deaths due to a given disease to the deaths due to all causes in the same time period

The difference between the minimum and maximum values of a frequency distribution is the standard deviation