On-line learning resources Cal package e-books Coggan D, Rose G, Epidemiology for the uninitiated: http://www.bmj.com/epidem/epid.html A good introductory text Schoenbach V. Understanding the Fundamentals of Epidemiology http://www.epidemiolog.net/evolving/TableOfConten ts.htm This book contains lots of interesting material, with lectures, tutorials problems and solutions.
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On-line learning resources
Cal package e-books
Coggan D, Rose G, Epidemiology for the uninitiated: http://www.bmj.com/epidem/epid.html
A good introductory text Schoenbach V. Understanding the Fundamentals of
Size / characteristics of populationHealth event data
MortalityMorbidity
Other data
Why we need routine data descriptive epidemiology
disease frequencies by person, place and timemeasuring burden of disease for planning
demography other types of study
what happens to• people who smoke• people with high blood pressure
Early routine data in England
deaths recorded in early 16th Century by parishto count plague deaths from 1563 weekly bills of mortality published christenings also recorded1629 other causes of death recorded
1662
John Graunt of Londonmember of the Royal Society tailor first to draw scientific conclusions from statistical data
estimates of population size life table- law of mortality statistical association time series representative sample careful assessment of error repeated testing of ideas
died in poverty
1620 - 1674
Graunt’s analyses
male mortality higher that female (14:13)infant mortality very high
• one third had died by age of 5
seasonal variation in mortalityplague killed more than had been realisedepidemic of ricketts
Population CensusPeriodic count of number and characteristics of
people by regionEvery 10 yrs in UK since 1801 (except 1941)Office for National Statistics (ONS) in England &
Wales; General Registrar Office (GRO) in ScotlandOccur in most developed countries
Scotland Population 2011: single years of age
1946
1965
1986
Birth, death, marriage and divorce registration
Legal requirement Close relative (legal informant) must
register births and deathsPopulation estimates (and
projections)
Trends in births and birth rate
Marriages by type
% brides and grooms unable to write:sign with an X
Divorces
Mortality
All deaths registered within 5 daysRegistered medical practitioner must
issue medical certificate of cause of deathBasis of national mortality statistics
Death certification Must list condition / sequence of
conditions leading to deathPart I: Direct / underlying cause of death and
conditions leading to itPart II: Significant condition contributing to
death but not part of actual sequence
Immediate cause
Underlying cause
Arriving at the cause
Death was caused byI (a) Immediate causeI (b) Due toI (c) Due toII Other contributing disease
a) generalised metastasesb) bronchopneumoniac) lung cancer
Lung cancer is the underlying cause of death
Death certification Person AIa UraemiaIb Acute retention of urineIc Benign prostatic
hypertrophyII....................
Person BIa Hepatic failureIb Bile duct obstructionIc Carcinoma of head of
pancreasII Diabetes mellitus
What are the underlying causes of death?
Coding disease: ICD-10
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems, 10th revision
Produced by WHO for coding morbidity/ mortality‘to promote international comparability in the
collection, classification, analysis and presentation of mortality and morbidity statistics’
ICD-10 examples
A05.1 Botulism
C15.3 Malignant neoplasm –
upper third of oesophagus
Q03 Congenital hydrocephalus
S60.417 Abrasion of left little finger
T40.0x1Poisoning by opium (accidental)
More coding
Person AIa Traumatic shockIb Multiple fracturesIc Pedestrian hit by truckII....................
V04.1
Person BIa Acute anaemiaIb Bleeding oesophageal
varicesIc Portal hypertensionII Cirrhosis of liver
K74.6
Population data + Death data
death rates age group disease long term trends
published data national international (WHO)
Morbidity
Contact with health care systemDisease-specific reporting Disease registersPopulation-based surveys
Receiving care
Awaiting care
Ill but not seeking help
Healthy
Iceberg concept of disease
Some of the statutory notifiable infectious diseases…
EnvironmentalAir pollutionRoad accidentsDrinking water
What you should know routine data collections systems needed
descriptive epidemiology and demography many types of data collection systems
huge amount of data available some compulsory, many voluntary demographic, disease, economic, behavioural
data sets vary in completeness and accuracy census data good death certificate data good nationally funded schemes usually good others: good to not very good