PUBLIC HEALTH

DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY

 USES OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE DISEASE IN TERMS OF PERSON,

PLACE, AND TIME.
 DESCRIBE THE DISTRIBUTION OF A SET OF VARIABLES.

TYPES OF DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY

1. INDIVIDUAL CASE REPORT

2. CASE SERIES
3. CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES
4. DESCRIPTIVE COHORT STUDIES

ANALTYCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

 MEASURE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A PARTICULAR EXPOSURE AND A DISEASE, USING

INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM INDIVIDUALS , RATHER THAN FROM THE AGGREGATE
POPULATION

ANALTYCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDIES:

1. ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
2. ANALYTICAL CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES
3. ANALYTICAL COHORT STUDIES
4. CASE –CONTROL STUDIES