Public Health Metrics

noun the branch of statistics that deals with data relating to living organisms and their interactions with the environment

• Biostatistics is the application of statistics to biological and health sciences.
• I'm taking a biostatistics course next semester.
• Biostats is a tough subject, but it's essential for research in biology.
• In the field of biology, biostatistics acts as a guiding compass for data analysis.

noun a measure used in epidemiology to describe the frequency of new cases of a disease within a population over a specific period of time

• The attack rate of the virus in the population is steadily increasing.
• The virus is spreading fast, the attack rate is going up.
• The attack rate of this bug is off the charts!
• The attack rate of negativity in that group is overwhelming.

noun A line on a map connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time.

• An isochrone is a curve on a map that connects points that have the same travel time from a specific location.
• The isochrone on the map shows how far you can get in 30 minutes from here.
• Check out the isochrone line on the map, it's like a time-travel path!
• The isochrone of success in this industry is different for everyone.