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Summarizing techniques used to describe the pattern of mortality and survival in populations. These methods can be applied to the study not only of d…

Study subjects in COHORT STUDIES whose outcomes are unknown e.g., because they could not or did not wish to attend follow-up visits.(from Dictionary …

A sampling methodology using small sample sizes when conducting surveys in small geographical or population-based areas or lots.

Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population.

The proportion of patients with a particular disease during a given year per given unit of population.

All deaths reported in a given population.

Deaths that occur before LIFE EXPECTANCY is reached within a given population.

Deaths occurring from the 28th week of GESTATION to the 28th day after birth in a given population.

Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their prac…

The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the…

Surveillance of drugs, devices, appliances, etc., for efficacy or adverse effects, after they have been released for general sale.

An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evid…

The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data with the purpose of preventing or controlling disease or inju…

The systems and processes involved in the establishment, support, management, and operation of registers, e.g., disease registers.

The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.

The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the…

An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is…

A cancer registry mandated under the National Cancer Act of 1971 to operate and maintain a population-based cancer reporting system, reporting period…

Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population. It is also the study of d…

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES based on the detection through serological testing of characteristic change in the serum level of specific ANTIBODIES. Latent s…

A method of analyzing the variation in utilization of health care in small geographic or demographic areas. It often studies, for example, the usage …

A statistically significant excess of cases of a disease, occurring within a limited space-time continuum.

Used for general articles concerning statistics of births, deaths, marriages, etc.

Sampling of the liquids generated from industrial processes, sanitary fixtures and appliances, food handling, etc., to collect and analyze epidemiolo…