Case study : American Cancer Society: Cancer Prevention Study 1 (1959)
Write in 400 words. and also include references.
Table 7.5 in Chapter 7 of your text lists examples of several major cohort studies. Choose one of the studies (excluding the Framingham Heart Study and Nurses' Health Study) from the list.
1. Using the data from that study, describe the public health problem in terms of magnitude, person, time and place.
2. Discuss the basic epidemiology measures used in the study. Specifically what measure of risk was used?
3. How was risk calculated? (Hint: Consider a 2 by 2 table to display the data).
4. Do you agree with the authors' conclusions?
What would you infer from the data? Why?