Common Measures of Disease Frequency Flashcards
What is the calculation term for:
of persons with disease / # of persons in population
Crude Morbidity Rate
What is the equation to calculate “crude mortality rate”?
of deaths (all causes) / # of persons in population
What is the calculation term for:
of deaths (all causes) / # of persons in population
Crude Mortality Rate
What is the equation to calculate “cause-specific morbidity rate”?
of persons with cause-specific disease / # of persons in population
What does the following equation tell you?
of persons with cause-specific disease / # of persons in population
Cause-specific morbidity rate
What is the equation to calculate “Cause-specific mortality rate”?
of cause-specific deaths / # of persons in population
What is this equation used to calculate?
of cause-specific deaths / # of persons in population
cause-specific mortality rate
What equation is used to calculate “case-fatality rate”?
of cause-specific deaths / # of cases of disease
What is the following equation used to calculate?
of cause-specific deaths / # of cases of disease
Case-Fatality Rate
What is the equation used to calculate “cause-specific survival rate”?
of cause-specific cases alive / # of cases of that cause-specific disease
What is the following equation used to find?
of cause-specific cases alive / # of cases of that cause-specific disease
Cause-Specific Survival Rate
What equation is used to calculate “live birth rate (usually per year)”?
of live births / 1,000 population
What is the following equation used to calculate?
of live births / 1,000 population
Live Birth Rate (usually per year)
What equation is used to calculate “fertility rate (usually per year)”?
of live births / 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44)
What does the following equation tell us?
of live births / 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44)
Fertility Rate (usually per year)
How do you calculate “neonatal mortality rate (usually per year)”?
of deaths in those
What does the following equation tell us?
of deaths in those in
neonatal mortality rate (usually per year)
What calculation is used to determine “postnatal mortality rate (usually per year)”?
of deaths in those >28 days but
What is the following equation used to calculate?
of deaths in those >28 days but
Postnatal Mortality Rate (usually per year)
How do you calculate “infant mortality rate (usually per year)”?
of deaths in those
What is the following equation used to find?
of deaths in those
Infant Mortality Rate (usually per year)
What equation tells us the “maternal mortality ratio”?
of female deaths related to pregnancy / 100,000 live births
What is the following equation used to calculate?
of female deaths related to pregnancy / 1000,000 live births
Maternal Mortality Ratio
What equation would you use if you wanted to find the “proportional mortality ratio (PMR)?
of cause-specific deaths / total # of deaths in population
