chapter 2 Flashcards
mortality
death rate
risk factor - smoking
heart disease, cancer, stroke, COPD
risk factor - hypertension
heart disease, stroke
risk factor - obesity
heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes
mortality rate
measure of people dying in a given time period
survival rate
percentage of people with a condition who are still alive for a given period of time after the diagnosis
morbidity
causes and measures of disability
- the burden of “ill health” on a population
- conditions that interfere with normal function
direct costs
money spent on treatment and management
indirect costs
not able to work, therefore lose income
how do we measure morbidity?
doctor’s visits? degree of disability? costs?
most common measure of impact of disease
measure the number of people affected
prevalence
number of total cases at a given time
- more useful for chronic disease
incidence
number of new cases at a given time
impact of acute disease in a population
frequency of acute diseases
half are respiratory diseases, decreases with age
aging
time-related deterioration of physiological processes
