(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 11.1 Introduction Zoonotic diseases are contagious diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans. These diseases are caused by…
(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 6.1 Introduction In the previous chapters, we have learned to develop both simple and complex epidemic models and to…
(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 1.1 Epidemiology Epidemiology is the subject that studies the patterns of health and illness and associated factors at the…
(10.1) As such, if we know the value of two of these variables, we will automatically know the value of the third. Consequently, when the true underlying process affecting a…
Fig. 5.1 Distribution of incident cases of CF in the UK by deprivation quintile 1996–2010. Error bars represent 95 % binomial CIs (n = 2066) (Source: Adapted from Taylor-Robinson et al. 2013b) Clinical…
(8.1) In the end, the analyst will obtain, for each individual j, a value for: (a) the intercept π 0 , which defines the predicted value of Y when age = 0;…
BMI (kg/m−2), SD BMI (kg/m−2), SD BMI (kg/m−2), SD Age Sample size Females Males Study sample 13 321 17.81, 2.14 16.93, 1.42 17.39, 1.88 14 279 18.66, 2.08 17.68,…
Fig. 6.1 Cumulative hazard functions for starting mammography screening in Belgium, by dental check-ups and cultural capital during childhood, and education (Nelson-Aalen estimates) Other forms of cultural capital have become…
Fig. 3.1 Impact of oral diseases (Adapted from Daly et al. 2013) The treatment of caries is costly and time consuming. In the UK, the multiple extraction of carious teeth…
Cohort birth years Years turned 18 (historical period) Age range in 1992 Age range in 2010 <1929 <1947 (WWII) 64 and older 82 and older 1929–1936 1947–1954 (Post-WWII/Korean War) 56–63…
