How do you see yourself applying any of the measure in this

How do you see yourself applying any of the measure in this chapter 2 epidemiology 101 to help you make decisions regarding your own personal health or that your family?

discuss the difference between a Rate and a proportion do not give the definition of each but explain why are different find any example of a measurement of disease for a Rate a d same for a proportion. you could even create o fictitious examples of each and explain why it would be better to use one over the other.

Solution

Epidemiology training will help you be a literate consumer of health information and evaluate health information reported in the public media. Learning epidemiology will empower you to make informed decisions about your personal health and your family’s health. Measurements are a very important aspect of the chapter 2 of the epidemiology 101 and will tell you the way of taking readings and interpret them and evaluate them in a public health/ clinical setup.

Rates and Proportions :

out of 318 milliion people in united states 28 M people are diagnosed with diabetes. this will be an example of proportion. lets say if we had a time dimension and say the same like this- out of 100 people in united states 9 people are diagnosed with diabetes in 2014, then it will be a rate. Rates change over time and something that can be used to understand a trend whereas proportion just gives a magnitude.