health status Flashcards
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health status
health status refers to the level of health and wellbeing experienced by an individual or a population after taking into account factors such as life expectancy, disability rates and risk of disease.
health status indicators (def)
health indicators refer to a collective term of standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status.
health status indicators
- prevalence
- incidence
- morbidity
- mortality
- maternal mortality rate
- infant mortality rate
- u5 mortality rate
- burden of disease
- DALY
- life expectancy
- health adjusted life years
- self assessed health status
self assessed health status
self assessed health status refers to a person’s perception of their own health and wellbeing.
life expectancy
life expectancy refers to an indication of how long a person can expect to live if death rates do not change.
mortality rate
mortality rate refers to the measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one year period usually per 100000.
health adjusted life expectancy
health adjusted life expectancy refers to an average length of tie an individual at a specific age can expect to live in full health, without the consequences of disease or illness.
mortality
mortality refers to the deaths in a population.
infant mortality
infant mortality refers to the death of infants (under 1) usually expressed PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS.
morbidity
morbidity refers to ill-health in an individual or the level of ill-health in a population or group, including disease, illness and disability.
incidence
incidence refers to the number of NEW CASES of a condition in a given period of time usually 12 months.
prevalence
prevalence refers to the number of new cases of a condition at a given time. (TOTAL NUMBER!)
u5 mr (under 5 mortality rate)
u5 mr refers to the number of deaths of children under 5 years of age usually per 1000 live births.
maternal mr (mortality rate)
maternal mr refers to the death of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth or WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF DELIVERY.
burden of disease
burden of disease refers to 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. bod is measured by daly.
