Question

In epidemiology, why is it important to orient the data by person, place and time? What does it mean and what do we learn from this?

Answer 1

Epidemiology is the branch of medicine which deals with the epidemic diseases, possible control of diseases, distribution of medicines, the study of the incidence of diseases.

It is important to orient the data by person, place and time because of the following reasons:

by person:

The orientation of the data by the person so that it would be helpful in the study of the nature of the spread of diseases that either affects more men or women.

by place:

The orientation of the data by place so that it can be studied that the nature of the diseases is more powerful in the climate conditions of different places.

by time:

The orientation of the data by time helps in the study of the flow of spread of diseases at different points of time either increases or decreases on taking certain precautions or measures against the disease.

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For instance:

The latest trend in epidemiology is COVID-19:

which are being studied on different parameters which are by place, time and persons.

Epidemiology is very helpful in these conditions as it figures out the nature of diseases and the incidence power of diseases.

Epidemiology makes it very easy to study the nature of diseases even for a layman person.

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