Definitions

Question 1

What is IMR? (Definitions health)

Answer 1

The number of deaths, per 1000 live births, of children under the age of 1

Question 2

What is health? (Definitions health)

Answer 2

A state of complete physical, mental and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 3

What is case mortality rate? (Definitions health)

Answer 3

MR = total deaths via disease / total pop diagnosed with that disease

Question 4

What is mortality rate? (Definitions health)

Answer 4

The deaths of people measured by the number of indices e.g death rate and IMR

Question 5

What is morbidity? (Definitions health)

Answer 5

The incidence of disease/illness completed via reporting

Question 6

What is prevalence rate? (Definitions health)

Answer 6

The number of people suffering from a condition at any one time

Question 7

What is incidence rate? (Definitions health)

Answer 7

How many people develop the condition within a year

Question 8

What two ways can morbidity be measured? (Definitions health)

Answer 8

prevalence rate and incidence rate