GNHS of Woman and Infants

Question 1

Importance of Health Statistics:

Answer 1

to discover problems that may have been present

Question 2

Refers to the number of children who would be
born per woman (or per 1,000 women) if
she/they were to pass through the
childbearing years bearing children according
to a current schedule of age-specific fertility
rates.

Answer 2

Total Fertility Rate

Question 2

Number of births per thousand women of
child-bearing age

Answer 2

Fertility Rate

Question 3

Fertility Rate Calculations

Answer 3

Total number of births / Number of women of birth bearing age x 100

Question 4

● The global fertility rate is
expected to continue to fall
from 2.5 live births per woman
today to

Answer 4

2.2 in 2050 and further to 1.9

Question 5

Philippine Total Fertility Rate 2024

Answer 5

Total Fertility Rate declined from 2.7 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2022.

Question 6

○ Annual number of live births per 1,000
population.
○ Generally computed as a ratio.
○ It is expressed as births per 1,000 population.

○ Numerator: number of live births observed in a
population during a reference period.
○ Denominator: number of person-years lived by
the population during the same period.

Answer 6

Crude Birth Rate

Question 7

CBR Calculation

Answer 7

Total number of births / Total Population x 1000

Question 8

Philippine Maternal Mortality Ratio

2000 =
2005 =
2010 =
2015 =
2020 =

Answer 8

2000 = 129
2005 = 122
2010 = 105
2015 = 88
2020 = 78

Question 8

Number of deaths during the first 28
completed days of life per 1,000 live births in a
given year.

Answer 8

Neonatal Mortality Rate

Question 9

Global Crude Birth Rate 2022 = 17 per 1,000
people

Answer 9

The crude birth rate has been gradually declining from 31.4 per 1,000 people in 1973 to 16.8 per
1,000 people in 2022.

Question 10

The annual number of female deaths per
100,000 live births from any cause related to or
aggravated by pregnancy or its management
(excluding accidental or incidental causes).

Answer 10

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMRatio)

Question 10

Philippine Crude Birth Rate 2023 = 13.0

Answer 10

● In 2023, a total of 1,448,522 live
births were registered in the country,
which is equivalent to a crude birth
rate (CBR) of 12.8 or 13 birth
population per thousand

Question 11

1.) occurring during the first 7 days of life

2.) occurring after the 7th day but before the 28 completed days of life

Answer 11

1.) Early Neonatal deaths
2.) Late Neonatal Deaths

Question 12

1.) Global Population in millions (2024)
2.) Philippine Population in millions (2024)

Answer 12

1.) 8.2 Billion
2.) 116 Million

Question 13

The mean age of mothers at the birth of their
children if women were subject throughout their
lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed
in a given year.

Answer 13

Mean Age at Childbearing

Question 14

Best age for pregnancy

Answer 14

25-30 years old

Question 15

○ A branch of medical science which is concerned
with the transmission of characteristics from
parents to offspring.

Answer 15

Genetics

Question 16

○ Austrian monk
○ Father of Modern Genetics
○ Experimented with Pea Plants
■ Seven year period (1856-1863)
■ Bred thousand of pea plants

Answer 16

Gregor Mendel

Question 16

○ British geneticist
○ First person to use the term “genetics” to
describe the study of heredity and biological
inheritance.

Answer 16

William Bateson

Question 17

● Basic unit of genetic information
● Determine the inherited characters
● Functional subunit of DNA and contain
instructions for making protein

Answer 17

Gene

Question 18

The transmission of familial elements
from one generation to the next.

Answer 18

Inheritance

Question 19

● Storage units of genes.

● A structure within the cell that delivers
the genetic material as DNA.

Answer 19

Chromosomes

Question 20

● Human cell contain __ pairs of chromosomes.
○ __ pairs autosomal chromosomes
○ _ pair of sex chromosomes

Answer 20

1.) 23
2.) 22
3.) 1

Question 20

● A nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life. ● Molecules encode genetic information. ● Genome: the collection of genetic ● information

Answer 20

DNA

Question 21

A diagrammatic representation of diseases history in a family up to 3rd degree relative.

Answer 21

GENETIC PEDIGREE

Question 22

1.) Means abnormal gene which can not perform its function in proper way. 2.) Individual who is known to have disease 3.) Individual who appear normal but has one copy of mutant gene.

Answer 22

1.) Mutant Gene 2.) Affected Individual 3.) Carrier Individual

Question 23

A process by which patients or relatives, at risk of an inherited disorder, are advised of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting it and the options open to them in management and family planning in order to prevent or avoid it.

Answer 23

GENETIC COUNSELING

Question 23

AIMS OF GENETIC COUNSELING

Answer 23

To provide the family with complete and accurate information about genetic disorders by: 1. Promoting informed decisions of involved family members 2. Clarifying the family’s options available treatment and prognosis 3. Explaining alternatives to reduce the risk of genetic disorders 4. Decreasing the incidence of genetic disorders 5. Reducing the impact of the disorders

Question 23

TYPES OF GENETIC SCREENING

Answer 23

1. Carrier identification 2. Prenatal diagnosis 3. Newborn screening 4. Forensic screening (paternity test)