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Cross-sectional studies measure relationships between diseases and other variables at a particular time.  

According to a national survey of asthma: On May 1, 2010, the number of residents of Oklahoma who had been diagnosed with asthma at any time during their life was (1) The population on June 30, 2010, was (2) During the same year, the number of new cases of asthma was (3) The point prevalence of asthma (percent) would be expressed as:

A limitation to the reportable and notifiable disease statistics is that some physicians will not report the disease to protect patient confidentiality.  

The probability that an event will occur—an individual will become ill or die within a stated period of time or by a certain age—is known as:

Which factors can decrease an observed prevalence?

Monitoring cancer trends in the U.S. population over time is a major application of:

Whether a contaminated food such as tomatoes caused an outbreak of gastrointestinal disease is a simple example of:

Morbidity and Mortality are types of exposures.  

Which of the following forms of prevention helps restore patient’s functioning in the later stages of pathogenesis?

Epidemiology searches for associations between exposures and: