Births, Deaths And Populations (own)

Question 1

Define general fertility rate:

Answer 1

Number of live births per thousand females aged 15-44

Question 2

Define the total period fertility rate:

Answer 2

Average number of children born to a hypothetical woman in her lifetime.

Question 3

Describe a use of the general fertility rate:

Answer 3

Used for comparing fertility of populations

Question 4

Describe a use of crude birth rate

Answer 4

For describing the impact of births on the size of the population

Question 5

Describe a use for the total period fertility rate:

Answer 5

For comparing fertility without being affected by the age sex structure of a population

Question 6

What is fecundity?

Answer 6

The physical ability to give birth

Question 7

What is the crude death rate?

Answer 7

Number of deaths per thousand of the population

Question 8

What is the age specific death rate?

Answer 8

The number of deaths per thousand within a age group.

Question 9

What is a standardised mortality ratio?

Answer 9

Compares the obsevered number of deaths with the expected number if the age sex ratio of a population was identical, adjusts for different age sex distributions within a population.

Question 10

What are the three key uses of health information?

Answer 10

Identify health and healthcare needs, monitor trends in disease and monitor performance in healthcare.

Question 11

What two factors can affect the fecundity of a population?

Answer 11

A changing rate of sterilisation and hysterectomies

Question 12

Define crude birth rate:

Answer 12

Number of live births per thousand of the population.