Chapter 2 part 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Define Years of life lost due to disability.
A
The number of healthy years of life lost due to illness, disease, injury or disability.
2
Q
DALY?
A
A measure of burden of disease. One daily equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease and injury.
Equation: YLL plus YLD= DALY
3
Q
Infant mortality rate?
A
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births
4
Q
Under 5 mortality rate
A
the number of deaths of children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births
5
Q
Maternal mortality
A
deaths of mothers occurring during pregnancy or childbirth
