Find epidemiologic measures for influenza and coronavirus

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Question: Many variables used by field epidemiologists are categorical variables, some of which have only two categories - exposed yes/no, test positive/negative, case/control, and so on. These variables have to be summarized with frequency measures such as ratios, proportions, and rates. Incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates are three frequency measures that are used to characterize the occurrence of health events in a population.

Find the following epidemiologic measures for both influenza and coronavirus. Based on those numbers, what are your thoughts about the severity of COVID.

Ratio
Proportion
Incidence proportion (attack rate)
Incidence rate
Prevalence
Mortality rate

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