Abstract
Utilization and application of public health data in descriptive epidemiology.
Highlights
Descriptive epidemiology is defined as epidemiological studies and activities with descriptive components that are much stronger than their analytic components or that fall within the descriptive area of the descriptive-analytic spectrum.[1]
Registered inhabitants aged 46–75 years from 10 public health center (PHC) areas were included in the initial survey, and those who received annual health checkups in each PHC-administered area were recruited
The age-standardized prevalence of diabetes in 55- to 74-year-old adults was 8.2% in the initial survey in the late 1990s and 10.6% at the 5-year follow-up. These findings suggest that a concerted effort to reduce the number of individuals who progress to diabetes is required to stop the diabetes epidemic
Summary
Descriptive epidemiology is defined as epidemiological studies and activities with descriptive components that are much stronger than their analytic components or that fall within the descriptive area of the descriptive-analytic spectrum.[1]. This issue of Journal of Epidemiology includes three descriptive epidemiology studies from Japan regarding prevalence and incidence of disease.
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