Question

Part 2 – Primary and Secondary Data

For each of the following listed scenarios, label whether the epidemiologist is using primary or secondary data.

4. To assess the burden of stroke in Idaho, the epidemiologist uses administrative hospitalization data to measure the annual rate of strokes between 2010 and 2018.

5. There is a public health concern that the factory located in the town is adding particulate matter air pollution to the atmosphere that could increase symptoms among residents with asthma. The epidemiologist requests air monitoring data from the state’s department of environmental quality to learn more about the potential for exposure.

6. The injury epidemiologist would like to know the frequency of motor vehicle accidents where the driver was less than 18 years. She requests accident reports from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

7. In order to learn the prevalence of high blood pressure among adults in working at the company, the occupational epidemiologist sends a survey to all current employees asking if they have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.

Answer 1

4)Primary data:the epidemiologist collect data from hospital regarding strokes rate or number of patients admitted with stroke between 2010 and 2018.

Secondary data:collect data from already published articles or collected by someone else.

5)Primary data:the data collected from state's department of environmental quality about the contents adding to the atmospheric air from the factory

Secondary data :the data collected by someone else other than user.

6)Primary data :accident reports from motor vehicle department

Secondary data :data from news reports , other published items

7)Primary data :directly asking to the adults working in the company about ever being diagnosed with high blood pressure .

Secondary data :data from health reports already maintained in the company of each employee