This is an Epidimiology question!!! from the movie And the Band Played On 5. By

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This is an Epidimiology question!!!

from the movie And the Band Played On

5.   By the time the first HIV screening test was available in 1985, there were 8,408 reported cases of AIDS and 6,305 AIDS-related deaths in the US.

A. What was the cumulative incidence rate? What was the case-fatality rate?

B. Compare the incidence rate and case fatality rate calculated above in question 2a to the incidence and case fatality rates first reported in the movie and to current incidence and fatality rates (hint: you will find this current data CDC’s website).   

2. Case Investigation: a. Describe the CDC’s approach to case investigations

Explanation / Answer

The fatality rate= (6305/8408) * 100

= 74.98%

Incidence Rate= =   no. of disease onsets    X 100

size of population initially exposed to risk

= (8408/50280) * 100

= 16.72%

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