Discussion Post: Basic Statistics
Part A
• Read: Kolifarhood, G., Aghaali,M., Saadati, H.M., Taherpour, N., Rahimi, S., Izadi, M., & Nazari, S.S.H. (2020, April). Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of COVID-19; a Narrative Review (PDF). Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 8(1): e41.
Use this article to apply some of the concepts about incidence and prevalence to COVID-19. Be sure to read the entire article (don't just do a search) and discuss the following:
a) What do we know about the statistics around the mean incubation periods?
b) What about the median infectivity, pathogenicity and incubation periods?
c) What is the range of incubation?
d) What information would be helpful to know that is missing?
Part B
Read: WHO. (2018). Monitoring Health for the SDGs Sustainable Development Goals Annex A. WHO: World Health Statistics.
Then summarize the morbidity and mortality information across countries in this article and compare the US from other American Countries and nationalities in any one of the following measures.
a) Maternal Mortality
b) Child Mortality
c) HIV
d) Hep B
e) Non-communicable disease
f) Suicide
What surprised you (if anything)?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.