Epidemiology Flashcards
How many health indicators are there?
5
What are the 5 health indicators?
Mortality, Morbidity, Prevalence, Incidence, Burden of Disease.
What is Mortality?
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population.
What is Morbidity?
Morbidity refers to ill health in an individual and to levels of ill health in a population or group.
What is prevalence?
Prevalence refers to the total number of individuals in a population who have a disease or health condition at a specific period of time, usually expressed as a percentage of the population.
What is Incidence?
In epidemiology, incidence is a measure of the probability of occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
What is Burden of Disease?
Burden of disease measures the impact of living with illness and injury and dying prematurely.
