A nurse examines birth and death certificates during an epidemiologic investigation. Which of the following data categories is being used?
a. Routinely collected data
b. Data collected for other purposes but use-ful for epidemiologic research
c. Original data collected for specific epide-miologic studies
d. Surveillance data
ANS: A
Birth and death certificates are considered to be vital records and are examples of data collected routinely. Data collected for other purposes would be hospital, physician, health department, la-boratory, and insurance records. Original data is that which is collected by the National Center for Health Statistics for specific health surveys. Surveillance data is used to assess and prioritize the health needs of populations, design public health and clinical services to address those needs, and evaluate the effectiveness of public health programs.
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