ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA)

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A1.1 Describe the demographic profiles of populations, including population pyramids, and the factors that impact on population structure (e.g. mortality, fertility, and migration).	0
A1.2 Identify the methods employed nationally and internationally to ensure comprehensive notification of infectious diseases to relevant statutory agencies.	0
A1.3 Identify the available sources of individual and aggregated data on infectious diseases, such as surveillance data, hospital data, human health data, animal health data and data on sources of infection.	0
A1.4 Calculate and interpret measures of diseases frequency (incidence, prevalence, age-specific rates, case fatality rates) and trends in disease rates over time.	1
A1.5 Conduct analysis and comparison of disease rates between regions, between populations and over time, using direct and indirect standardisation procedures, as relevant.	0
A1.6 Interpret disease trends from time series analyses.	0
A1.7 Derive and interpret graphically represented data on disease rates and explain to relevant audiences.	1

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