Common Measures of Disease Frequency

Question 1

What is the calculation term for:

of persons with disease / # of persons in population

Answer 1

Crude Morbidity Rate

Question 2

What is the equation to calculate “crude mortality rate”?

Answer 2

of deaths (all causes) / # of persons in population

Question 3

What is the calculation term for:

of deaths (all causes) / # of persons in population

Answer 3

Crude Mortality Rate

Question 4

What is the equation to calculate “cause-specific morbidity rate”?

Answer 4

of persons with cause-specific disease / # of persons in population

Question 5

What does the following equation tell you?

of persons with cause-specific disease / # of persons in population

Answer 5

Cause-specific morbidity rate

Question 6

What is the equation to calculate “Cause-specific mortality rate”?

Answer 6

of cause-specific deaths / # of persons in population

Question 7

What is this equation used to calculate?

of cause-specific deaths / # of persons in population

Answer 7

cause-specific mortality rate

Question 8

What equation is used to calculate “case-fatality rate”?

Answer 8

of cause-specific deaths / # of cases of disease

Question 9

What is the following equation used to calculate?

of cause-specific deaths / # of cases of disease

Answer 9

Case-Fatality Rate

Question 10

What is the equation used to calculate “cause-specific survival rate”?

Answer 10

of cause-specific cases alive / # of cases of that cause-specific disease

Question 11

What is the following equation used to find?

of cause-specific cases alive / # of cases of that cause-specific disease

Answer 11

Cause-Specific Survival Rate

Question 12

What equation is used to calculate “live birth rate (usually per year)”?

Answer 12

of live births / 1,000 population

Question 13

What is the following equation used to calculate?

of live births / 1,000 population

Answer 13

Live Birth Rate (usually per year)

Question 14

What equation is used to calculate “fertility rate (usually per year)”?

Answer 14

of live births / 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44)

Question 15

What does the following equation tell us?

of live births / 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44)

Answer 15

Fertility Rate (usually per year)

Question 16

How do you calculate “neonatal mortality rate (usually per year)”?

Answer 16

of deaths in those

Question 17

What does the following equation tell us?

of deaths in those in

Answer 17

neonatal mortality rate (usually per year)

Question 18

What calculation is used to determine “postnatal mortality rate (usually per year)”?

Answer 18

of deaths in those >28 days but

Question 19

What is the following equation used to calculate?

of deaths in those >28 days but

Answer 19

Postnatal Mortality Rate (usually per year)

Question 20

How do you calculate “infant mortality rate (usually per year)”?

Answer 20

of deaths in those

Question 21

What is the following equation used to find?

of deaths in those

Answer 21

Infant Mortality Rate (usually per year)

Question 22

What equation tells us the “maternal mortality ratio”?

Answer 22

of female deaths related to pregnancy / 100,000 live births

Question 23

What is the following equation used to calculate?

of female deaths related to pregnancy / 1000,000 live births

Answer 23

Maternal Mortality Ratio

Question 24

What equation would you use if you wanted to find the “proportional mortality ratio (PMR)?

Answer 24

of cause-specific deaths / total # of deaths in population

Question 25

What is the following equation used to calculate?

of cause-specific deaths / total # of deaths in population

Answer 25

Proportional Mortality Ratio (PMR)

Question 26

What is the equation to calculate “crude morbidity rate”?

Answer 26

of Persons with Disease/# of persons in population