Definitions

Question 1

Define crude birth rate

Answer 1

Number of births per 1000 people

Question 2

Define general fertility rate

Answer 2

Number of births per 1000 women aged between 15-44

Question 3

Define total period fertility rate

Answer 3

Number of births to a hypothetical woman using age specific fertility rates

Question 4

Define crude death rate

Answer 4

Number of deaths per 1000

Question 5

Define age specific death rate

Answer 5

Number of deaths per 1000 in age group

Question 6

Define standardised mortality ratio

Answer 6

Observed deaths divided by expected deaths

Question 7

Define incidence

Answer 7

Number of new cases per people over time

Question 8

Define prevelance

Answer 8

Number of cases that exist

Question 9

Define systematic variation

Answer 9

Follows a predictable pattern

Question 10

Define confounding factors

Answer 10

Factors that link exposure and effect not on the causal path

Question 11

Define blinding

Answer 11

When the patient and the physician don’t know what treatment the patient is getting