Potential sources of data on morbidity in the population at large include which of the following? (Select all that apply)
A)Environmental monitoring data
B)Hospital discharge data
C)Laboratory results
D)Notifiable disease reports
E)Vital records

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Each of these is a source of morbidity (illness) data.Notifiable
diseases should be reported no matter where they occur in a community; this may also
be true if laboratory data come from all labs in a region, this is just not specified clearly
here.Hospital discharge data (B) are excellent for recording illnesses that are treated in
hospital, but not for conditions treated in the community, by a GP (primary care doctor)
for example.A includes only exposure data, not illnesses; and vital records (E) do not
include morbidity data.

Potential Sources of Data on Morbidity in the Population at Large