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Describing Epidemiologic Data
Abstract
Descriptive epidemiology is a systematic organization of reliable data to sharpen understanding of health problems. It addresses the five questions of what (the health condition), how much (counts, rates, and averages), when (time), where (place), and among whom (person). The field epidemiologist organizes these data into tables, graphs, maps, charts, and other displays to reveal patterns of a health problem by these five questions.
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- Authors
- Fontaine, R. E.
- Corresponding author
- Fontaine, Robert E.
- ORCID
- Fontaine, Robert E.
- Venue
- The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York
- Published
- 2019-01-17
- Pages
- 105-134
- OpenAlex
- W2969948346
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 14.74
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Historical and modern epidemiology studies
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Keywords
- descriptive epidemiology, temporal patterns, spatial patterns, data visualization, field epidemiology
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