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The following scores represent the final examination grade for an elementary
Mathematics course
24
13
28
15
25
29
15
46
9
10
17
22
23
17
16
32
11
12
18
20
13
27
18
22
20
14
26
14
19
19
40
31
17
21
23
26
18
24
21
27
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23
80
52
41
60
34
Frequency
3
7
10
12
7
3
2
a) What is the
modal class (2 Marks)
median class (2 Marks)
class interval (2 Marks)
b) Find
Variance (15 Marks)
Standard deviation (2 Marks)
Comment on the results in a and b above (2 Marks)
The following represent the number of patients that came to the Health centre for 60
(sixty days)
60
79
32
57
74
52
70
82
36
77
81
95
41
65
92
85
55
76
10
64
75
78
25
80
98
81
67
71
83
54
64
72
88
62
74
43
78
89
76
84
48
84
90
15
79
67
17
82
69
74
63
80
85
61
(5 Marks)
(5 Marks)
(5 Marks)
(5 Marks)
(5 Marks)
a) 0.58
b) 0.65
c) 1.73
d) 1.54
e) 0.69
Questions 14 and 15 are based on the following statement:
Factor A, B and C each individually cause a certain disease without the other factors, but only
when followed by exposure to factor X. Exposure to factor X alone is not followed by disease
but the disease never occurs in the absence of exposure to factor X.
14. Factor X is:
a) A necessary and sufficient cause
b) A necessary but not sufficient cause
c) A sufficient but not necessary cause
d) Neither necessary nor sufficient
15. Factor A is:
a) A necessary and sufficient cause
b) A necessary but not sufficient cause
c) A sufficient but not necessary cause
d) Neither necessary nor sufficient
e) None of the above.
SECTION B:
Question 1: Based on the Epidemiological triad of disease causation, briefly explain why
malaria is a common infection/disease in Uganda
(10 marks).
Question 2: In a population of 1000 people, 400 are alcoholics and out of these alcoholics,
150 developed liver cirrhosis. The rest of the population were teetotalers and out of these,
only 40 developed liver cirrhosis
(10 marks)
a) Summarize this information in a tabular form
b) Calculate the relative risk of developing liver cirrhosis
c) Calculate the attributable risk percent
d) From your above findings, what is your conclusion?