A. Major Causes and Trends of Morbidity and Mortality (U.S. and Kentucky)

1. What are the top 5 causes of mortality in the US?

2. What are the top 5 causes of morbidity in the US?

3. What are the top 5 causes of mortality in the Kentucky?

4. What are the top 5 causes of morbidity in the Kentucky?

5. What are incidence rates of these top 5 conditions for both morbidity and mortality in both the

US and Kentucky?

Questions 6-9 are just for the top 5 causes of Mortality in the US

6. What is the distribution of age, and gender?

7. How does the CDC defined or describe race and ethnicity? What is the distribution of

mortality among race and ethnicity in the US?

8. How would you describe the spatial distribution of each of these conditions?

(for example, is the mortality rate of cancer worse in the Southeast US compared to the

Northwest US?)

9. Has mortality gotten worse, stayed the same, or improved for these top 5 conditions?

B. Disease-Specific Assignment - General Questions

10. How is Your Assigned Medical Condition/Disease defined?

11. What is the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code(s) for this disease?

12. What type of screening, if any, is there to detect this disease?

13. What is the geographic distribution of this disease within the United States?

14. What does the quantitative data indicate regarding the trends in incidence and prevalence for

this disease over time?

15. What is the distribution of this disease by age, gender, and race?

16. What is the mean age at diagnosis for this disease?

17. Is there a gender disparity in the incidence of this disease?

18. Is there a racial/ethnic disparity in the incidence of this disease?

19. What are the primary risk factors or determinants of health for this disease/condition,

including environmental, biological and genetic, behavioral and psychological, and social,

political and economic determinants?

20. How do each of these factors contribute to population health as well as health inequities?

21. Explain how the facets of globalization my impact the burden of this disease

22. How is the evidence that you have gathered on this disease important to the advancement of

public health knowledge?

C. Levels of Prevention: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

23. Discuss the three levels of prevention, using the references noted below. Other references

may be used but must be cited.

24. What are some approaches for prevention or intervention of this disease?

CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/pictureofamerica/pdfs/picture_of_america_prevention.pdf

WHO: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/public-health-

services/policy/the-10-essential-public-health-operations/epho5-disease-prevention,-

including-early-detection-of-illness2.

D. Data Collection Methods

25. What types of QUANTITATIVE data collection methods are appropriate for selection when

assessing this disease?

26. What types of QUALITATIVE data collection methods could be selected to supplement

these data sources to further analyze the distribution and risk factors for this disea