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Speaking Points
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•Descriptive epidemiology summarizes health-related characteristics
according to person, place, and time
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•It provides the important information regarding who has disease, the
geographic distribution of those affected, and when they were affected
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•Performing descriptive epidemiology is important to describe the
clinical characteristics of illness and the demographic characteristics of
those affected
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•Descriptive epidemiology also allows one to identify particular
populations at risk for illness
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•Finally, it can provide clues about the cause of the disease and the
mode of transmission
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