GEOG 170 Study Guide - Thematic Mapper, 2000 United States Census, Avian Influenza
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Epidemiology: study of incidence and distribution of disease in population: example: tracking of the noro virus, obesity trends in the us, avian flu, disease hot-spots. Dr. john snow, 1854 (famous map in epidemiology) Believed the cause of cholera was water contamination from the broad st. pump. Us dept of health & human services: atlas of us mortality 1975: web: www. cdc. gov/hchs, nation-wide epidemiological maps, reported as mortality rates: deaths per 100,000 population, data collection unit: health service area (has, covers multiple counties. Atlas of united states mortality: example: all causes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, suicide, homicide, hiv (pretty much everything but old age, several sections of us have higher rates, white males, lung cancer mortality. Lung cancer is 2nd leading cause of death: know: dominant cause of lung cancer is cigarette smoking; is this a possitive association, stronger with men than with women (when compared against lung cancer)
