1. What is the numerator used for incidence? O New cases during a specific time period O Actual cases reported O Existing cases at a given point in time O Current cases 2. On January 1, research on hypertension starts with 2.000 30 to 40-year-old males of which 120 are already hypertensive. Those 1880 left are followed up for 5 years during which time 150 of them developed hypertension. Calculate the prevalence of hypertension at the start of the research. Which of the following is the BEST answer: O 600 on January 1 O 0.06 on January 1 O 6.00 O 6.00% 3. About 35 cases of gonorrhea are usually reported in this NCR per week, slightly less than the national average O Endemic O Any of the choices mentioned O Pandemic O Epidemic

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1. What is the numerator used for incidence?

O New cases during a specific time period

O Actual cases reported

O Existing cases at a given point in time

O Current cases

2. On January 1, research on hypertension starts with 2.000 30 to 40-year-old males of which 120 are already hypertensive. Those 1880 left are followed up for 5 years during which time 150 of them developed hypertension.

Calculate the prevalence of hypertension at the start of the research. Which of the following is the BEST answer:

O 600 on January 1

O 0.06 on January 1

O 6.00

O 6.00%

3. About 35 cases of gonorrhea are usually reported in this NCR per week, slightly less than the national average

O Endemic

O Any of the choices mentioned

O Pandemic

O Epidemic

 

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