defintions Flashcards
self assessed health status
indicator of health status that reflects a persons perception of health and wellbeing
HALE
health adjusted life years, how many years a person can expect to live in good health without illness
mortality
number of deaths in a population in a given period
mortality rate
rate of death, measured per 100,000
infant mortality
rate of death of infant before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births
under 5 mortality rate
number of death of children aged under 5, per 1,000
maternal mortality ratio
number of mothers who die as a result as pregancy or associated treatment,
per 100,000 women who give birth
maternal mortality
death of mother during pregnacy, childbirth or 6 weeks of delievery
morbidity
rate of ill health within indivual or population
incidence
rate of new cases of ill health in a population
prevalence
total number of diease in a population at a specific time period
burden of disease
measures the impact of a disease, measures the gap between current health and ideal situation where indivual live till old age wihout illness
DALY
disability adjusted life years, one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost
DALY= YLL+ YLD
yll
years lost life due to premature death, injury, disease
dying
YLD
measures how much time you spent with disease and the healthy years lost
what is health and wellebeing?
5 dimensions of health in equilibirum + feeling life satifcation and positive outlook on life
why is illness subjective
symptoms are experiecned differently, and dynamic means changing
