casean instance of aparticular disease,injury, or otherhealth conditionsthat meetsselected criteriaepidemiologystudy of the distributionand determinants ofhealth conditions orevents amongpopulations and theapplication of thatstudy to control healthproblemspopulationtotal number ofinhabitants of ageographic area orthe total number ofpersons in aparticular groupappliedepidemiologyapplication orpractice ofepidemiology tocontrol andprevent healthproblemsdescriptiveepidemiologyaspect ofepidemiologyconcerned withorganizing andsummarizing dataregarding thepersons affected,time, and placepublichealthscience and art ofpreventing disease,prolonging life andpromoting health throughthe organized efforts andinformed choices of society,organizations, public andprivate, communities, andindividualsoutbreakthe occurrence of morecases of disease,injury, or other healthcondition thanexpected in a givenarea or among aspecific group ofpersons during aperiod of timedeterminantany factor thatbrings aboutchange in a healthcondition or inother definedcharacteristicsoutcome(s)any or all of thepossible results thatcan stem fromexposure to a causalfactor or frompreventive ortherapeuticinterventionsfieldepidemiologyapplication or practiceof epidemiology tocontrol and preventhealth problems(particularly whentravel and work withinthe community isrequired)analyticepidemiologyaspect ofepidemiologyconcerned withwhy and how ahealth problemoccursriskfactorpatientcharacteristics orfactors associatedwith an increasedprobability ofdeveloping a diseaseor conditiondistributionthe frequencyand pattern ofhealth-relatedcharacteristicsand events in apopulationsurveillanceongoing, systematiccollection, analysis,interpretation, anddissemination ofinformation or dataabout a health-relatedevent to those whoneed to know so thataction can be takencasean instance of aparticular disease,injury, or otherhealth conditionsthat meetsselected criteriaepidemiologystudy of the distributionand determinants ofhealth conditions orevents amongpopulations and theapplication of thatstudy to control healthproblemspopulationtotal number ofinhabitants of ageographic area orthe total number ofpersons in aparticular groupappliedepidemiologyapplication orpractice ofepidemiology tocontrol andprevent healthproblemsdescriptiveepidemiologyaspect ofepidemiologyconcerned withorganizing andsummarizing dataregarding thepersons affected,time, and placepublichealthscience and art ofpreventing disease,prolonging life andpromoting health throughthe organized efforts andinformed choices of society,organizations, public andprivate, communities, andindividualsoutbreakthe occurrence of morecases of disease,injury, or other healthcondition thanexpected in a givenarea or among aspecific group ofpersons during aperiod of timedeterminantany factor thatbrings aboutchange in a healthcondition or inother definedcharacteristicsoutcome(s)any or all of thepossible results thatcan stem fromexposure to a causalfactor or frompreventive ortherapeuticinterventionsfieldepidemiologyapplication or practiceof epidemiology tocontrol and preventhealth problems(particularly whentravel and work withinthe community isrequired)analyticepidemiologyaspect ofepidemiologyconcerned withwhy and how ahealth problemoccursriskfactorpatientcharacteristics orfactors associatedwith an increasedprobability ofdeveloping a diseaseor conditiondistributionthe frequencyand pattern ofhealth-relatedcharacteristicsand events in apopulationsurveillanceongoing, systematiccollection, analysis,interpretation, anddissemination ofinformation or dataabout a health-relatedevent to those whoneed to know so thataction can be taken

Introduction to Epidemiology Vocab - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. an instance of a particular disease, injury, or other health conditions that meets selected criteria
    case
  2. study of the distribution and determinants of health conditions or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems
    epidemiology
  3. total number of inhabitants of a geographic area or the total number of persons in a particular group
    population
  4. application or practice of epidemiology to control and prevent health problems
    applied epidemiology
  5. aspect of epidemiology concerned with organizing and summarizing data regarding the persons affected, time, and place
    descriptive epidemiology
  6. science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities, and individuals
    public health
  7. the occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a period of time
    outbreak
  8. any factor that brings about change in a health condition or in other defined characteristics
    determinant
  9. any or all of the possible results that can stem from exposure to a causal factor or from preventive or therapeutic interventions
    outcome(s)
  10. application or practice of epidemiology to control and prevent health problems (particularly when travel and work within the community is required)
    field epidemiology
  11. aspect of epidemiology concerned with why and how a health problem occurs
    analytic epidemiology
  12. patient characteristics or factors associated with an increased probability of developing a disease or condition
    risk factor
  13. the frequency and pattern of health-related characteristics and events in a population
    distribution
  14. ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of information or data about a health-related event to those who need to know so that action can be taken
    surveillance