"Descriptive Epidemiology" Please respond to the following:

1. Give your opinion on the most important characteristic and/or behavior, modifiable and un-modifiable, which makes a person more or less likely to develop a disease. Explain your rationale.

2. Based on what you discovered in the e-Activity, suggest the single best way to apply disease patterns across geographic areas, both large and small, including spot maps, clusters, and geographic information systems methodologies to help reduce the spread of the disease you researched. Provide specific examples to support your response.