Epidemiology Statistics Exercise 2 Solved Questions
Epidemiology Statistics Exercise 2 Solved Questions
Epidemiology: Exercise #1
Using the data from the table below, respond to the questions. Round to 1 decimal place.
Table 1. Diabetes cases and deaths, Florida 2019 (Hypothetical data) | ||||
Gender | Mid-Year State Population 2019 | New 2019 Cases | Total Cases 2019 | Deaths 2019 |
Total | 20,957,705 | 658,237 | 2,305,348 | 6,423 |
Males | 10,374,064 | 296,207 | 1,037,406 | 3,597 |
Females | 10,583,641 | 362,030 | 1,267,941 | 2,826 |
Age | ||||
18-44 years | 7,335,197 | 65,824 | 230,535 | 642 |
45-64 years | 6,706,466 | 197,471 | 691,604 | 1,927 |
65+ years | 6,916,043 | 394,942 | 1,383,209 | 3,854 |
Race/Ethnicity | ||||
Non-Hispanic White | 12,993,777 | 230,383 | 806,872 | 642 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 3,353,233 | 263,295 | 922,139 | 2,890 |
Hispanic | 3,772,387 | 131,647 | 461,070 | 2,248 |
Other Race/Ethnicity | 838,308 | 32,912 | 115,267 | 642 |
Income | ||||
<$250000 per year | 5,239,426 | 164,559 | 576,337 | 2,569 |
$25000-<$50000 per year | 9,430,967 | 427,854 | 1,498,476 | 2,248 |
$50000+ per year | 6,287,312 | 65,824 | 230,535 | 1,606 |
- For diabetes mortality, what is the sex ratio of deaths (males to females)?
- What proportion of diabetes deaths were among those aged 45-64 years?
- In 2019, what was the incidence per 1000 population of diabetes in Florida?
- In 2019, what was the prevalence (as a %) of diabetes in Florida?
- In 2019, what was the crude diabetes death rate per 100,000 among Non-Hispanic Whites?
- What is the case fatality rate (%) for diabetes among those earning <$250000 per year?
- Using the calculated case fatality rate, would you consider diabetes highly lethal? Yes No
- Calculate the sex-specific diabetes incidence rates per 1000 people.
- Who has a higher incidence rate? Males Females
- Calculate the race/ethnic-specific diabetes prevalence rates per 1000 people
Non-Hispanic White:
Non-Hispanic Black:
Hispanic:
Other Race/Ethnicity:
- Which group has the highest prevalence rate?
Extra Credit:
- Calculate the Standard Deviation from these numbers: 15, 22, 17, 29, 24, 23, 26, 27, 31, 20
- From above, calculate the 95% confidence intervals.
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