11^th European Epidemiology and Public Health Congress

Neuro-epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of the natural history of disease, which contains its frequency, severity, and course and the identification of risk factors that affect these aspects. Neuro-epidemiology is the branch of epidemiology dealing with disorders that affect the nervous system. Frequency of disease is measured by population-based rates, which are ratios of the number of cases to the population at risk, shows as cases per unit of population.