Global mortality and morbidity

Question 1

Define health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, social, and mental wellbeing an not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Define a non-communicable disease

Answer 2

A medical condition or disease that is by definition non-infectious and non-transmissible among people.

Question 3

Define morbidity

Answer 3

Relates to illness and disease. It can also be used to describe the incidence of a disease within society.

Question 4

Define mortality

Answer 4

This relates to death. It can be measured by death rate, infant mortality, case mortality, and attack rate.

Question 5

What 3 things is global health linked to?

Answer 5

• The physical environment (where air and water quality is important)
• The economic environment (affects the type of housing and jobs they do)
• The social environment (determining where an individual is educated or lives)