Among others, uses of epidemiology include all of the following except
1. Convincing members of cohorts of individual risk based on group data.
2. Determination of the natural history of a disease.
3. Diagnosis of the health of a community.
4. Evaluation of health services and health interventions.
5. Identification of syndromes.
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