Relationship between toxic waste sites-nervous system

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Assignment:

You are concerned about the relationship between toxic waste sites and nervous system disorders. You identify 300 people who were recently diagnosed with nervous system disorders in Massachusetts. This group includes all individuals diagnosed nervous system disorders in 2004. You then randomly select a group of 300 healthy individuals from Massachusetts, frequency-matching on age, sex, and county of residence. You find that of those with nervous system disorders, 210 have a large toxic waste site within a mile of their home. Of the controls, 170 have a large toxic waste site within a mile of their home.

1. What study design is this?

2. On what basis did you determine the study design?

3. What type of comparison group was used in this study?

4. Given the data above, make a 2x2 table (see template below).

	Case	Control	Total
Near Toxic site
Not near toxic site
Total

5. Calculate the appropriate measure of association between toxic waste site and nervous system disorders. Interpret your results.

6. Calculate the appropriate measures of the public health impact of exposure to a toxic waste site in nervous system disorders. Interpret your results.

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