health status indicators

Question 1

what is health status?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Self-assessed health status

Answer 2

‘An individual’s own opinion about how they feel about their health, their state of mind and their life in general.’

Question 3

Life expectancy

Answer 3

The number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates don’t change.

Question 4

HALE

Answer 4

The number of years a person can expect to live without reduced functioning due to ill health- indicator of quantity and quality of life.

Question 5

Mortality

Answer 5

Number of deaths in a population in a given period

Question 6

Mortality rate

Answer 6

deaths per 1,000 or 100,000 people in a 12 month period

Question 7

Morbidity

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Infant mortality rate

Answer 8

The rate of deaths of infants between birth and their first birthday, usually expressed per 1000 live births

Question 9

Infant mortality

Answer 9

The death of a child between birth and their first birthday

Question 10

Maternal mortality

Answer 10

Death of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth or within 6 weeks of delivery

Question 11

Under 5 mortality

Answer 11

The death of a child under 5 years of age.

Question 12

under 5 mortality rate

Answer 12

The rate of deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births

Question 13

incidence

Answer 13

The number of NEW cases of a condition during a given period of time

Question 14

prevalence

Answer 14

The number/proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 15

maternal mortality ratio

Answer 15

The number of mothers who die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births

Question 16

Life expectancy at birth

Answer 16

An indication of how long a person can expect to live; it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at birth if death rates do not change.

Question 17

YLD

Answer 17

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

Question 18

YLL

Answer 18

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

Question 19

DALYs

Answer 19

A measure of burden of disease, one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death (YLL) and the time lived with illness disease or injury (YLD)

Question 20

Burden of disease

Answer 20

Combines the years of healthy life lost due to living with ill health (YLD non fatal burden) with the years of life lost due to dying prematurely (YLL fatal burden). Total burden is reported using the disability-adjusted life years measure (DALYs)