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Question 1

Prevalence

Answer 1

The number of cases of a particular disease or condition in a population at any given time.

Question 2

Incidence

Answer 2

The number of new cases of a particular disease or condition in a population at a given time, usually a 12 month period.

Question 3

Morbidity

Answer 3

Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group

Question 4

Mortality

Answer 4

Death rates in a population group.

Question 5

Life Expectancy

Answer 5

An indication of how long a person can expect to live, if current death rates do not change.

Question 6

Self assessed health status

Answer 6

An individual’s own perceptions of their health and wellbeing.

Question 7

Health Status

Answer 7

An individual’s or a population’s overall level of health (and wellbeing), taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors

Question 8

Physical Health

Answer 8

Physical health relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks.

Question 9

Social Health

Answer 9

Social health relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations. Includes the level of support provided by family and the community to allow contribution to society.

Question 10

Mental Health

Answer 10

Mental health is the current state of well-being relating to the mind or brain and it relates to the cognitive ability to think and process information. It is about wellness of the brain rather than illness.

Question 11

Spiritual Health

Answer 11

Spiritual health is not material in nature, but relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings. It is a sense of connection and reflection on your place in the world. It may relate to organized religion, a higher power and prayer.

Question 12

Emotional Health

Answer 12

Emotional health relates to the ability to express feelings in a positive way. Emotional health is about the positive management and expression of emotional actions/reactions and the ability to display resilience. It is the degree to which a person feels emotionally secure and relaxed in everyday life.

Question 13

Health

Answer 13

Health is a state of complete physical. mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 14

Wellbeing

Answer 14

Wellbeing is a concept that takes health outcomes into account, but also considers the other factors in a persons life and is related to happiness and life satisfaction. Wellbeing is sometimes described as how a person feels about themself and their lifestyle.

Question 15

Burden of disease

Answer 15

A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries; specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability.

Question 16

DALY

Answer 16

A measure of burden of disease. One DALY is equivalent to one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death. DALY are calculated as the sum of the years life lost due to premature death and the years lived with disability for people living with the health condition or its consequences.

Question 17

YLL

Answer 17

A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.

Question 18

YLD

Answer 18

A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to disease, injury or disability.

Question 19

Trend

Answer 19

A pattern or relationship that is evident in the data represented.

Question 20

Comparison

Answer 20

A comparison can be a conclusion or change in the dat.

Question 21

Health Promotion

Answer 21

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.