community medicine 9 Flashcards
The ability to correctly detect all those who have the disease
(TRUE +VE)
SENSITIVITY
The ability of a test to detect those who do not have the disease.
(TRUE -ve)
SPECIFICITY
ACCURECY OF A TEST TO MEASURE WHAT IT SUPPOSED TO MEASURE
VALIDITY
IMR of India 2021 is approximately
29
the denominator in calculating IMR is
number of live births in the year
most important indicator of health status of a community is
IMR
Important Most indicatoR
infant mortality
1) death in infants contribute to 10.9 % of total death in India
2) about 67.6% of infant death occur in first month of birth
NPHCE is concerned with
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE OF ELDERLY
NPCDCS is focusing on
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CANCER,DIABETICS,
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, AND STROKE
societal dependency ratio is
the ratio of combined age group 0-14 plus 65 and above to 15-64 age group
YOUNG AGE DEPENDENCY 0-14
OLD AGE DEPENDENCY 65 & ABOVE
mode of a group of data
MOST RECURRING OBSERVATION
MEDIAN IS MIDPOINT OF OBSERVATION
MEAN IS THE AVERAGE
ALL COCCI ARE GRAM POSITIVE WITH EXCEPTION OF
MENINGO COCCI
GONO COCCI
Vitamin deficiency
Thiamin-beriberi,Werneck’s encephalopathy.
Vit.A-night blindness, Bitot’s spot,Keratomalacia
Ricketts in children and Vit.D-Osteomalacia in adult
Vit.K-Blood clotting-Bleeding
slides for malarial diagnosis
1) thin smear is for identifying the species of plasmodium
2) thick smear is to find out presence of plasmodium, as number of parasites in a thick smear is more than thin smear
hepatitis B is transmitted through
blood and blood products
sexual contact
mother to child