College of Health Sciences
Department of Public Health
PAPER ASSIGNMENT
Course name:
Course number:
Introduction to Epidemiology
PHC-131
Question 1: At a dinner party, a total of 125 people ate the roasted
chicken. Among them, 45 who consumed roasted chicken became ill
while the others were healthy. Calculate the Attack Rate.
Question 2: In a university there are 2100 students, 1400 are boys and
700 are girls. What is the sex ratio?
Question 3: In a country 5,157,550 babies were born in the year 2021.
The midyear population of the country was 950,476,980. What will be
the crude birth rate for the year 2021 for this country?
Questions
Question 4: Look at the following data about Covid 19 pandemic in
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and find the Crude death rate per 100,000.
Total number of death due to Covid-19 infection in 2020 = 8,875
Reference population for the year 2020 = 35,997,107
Question 5: Discuss the interrelationship between prevalence and incidence
describing the effects with increase and decrease. (Word limit = 150)
***Instructions
Attempt all the questions, each question carries 2 marks.
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Mention your name & ID, instructors name, and the date of
submission before uploading the file to BB.
Student Name:
Student ID:
CRN
25625
Branch
Abha
Submission Date:
Instructor name
Ahmed Al Rasasi
Total
Grade
/10
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College of Health Sciences
Department of Public Health
Release Date: 04/03/2024.
Due Date: 11/05/2024 (End of the day)
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rejected with zero grades.
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