Competency information
Details
Analyse surveillance data (descriptive epidemiology).
Considerations
- Types of data.
- Time, place, person.
- Frequencies and distributions.
- The epidemiological methods available to analyse the data:
- summary statistics, i.e. mean, median, mode, measures of spread
- prevalence and incidence
- rates (crude, specific and standardised)
- risk adjustment.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Generate an epidemiological report analysing and interpreting surveillance data. |