health status indicators

Question 1

health status meaning

Answer 1

overall level of health

Question 2

health indicators meaning

Answer 2

statistic used to measure and compare health status

Question 3

morality meaning

Answer 3

number of deaths at population level

Question 4

YLL meaning

Answer 4

(years of lives lost) used for injuries

Question 5

morbidity meaning

Answer 5

referring to ill health

Question 6

YLD meaning

Answer 6

number of healthy years lost due to disease, illness or injury

Question 7

incidence meaning

Answer 7

new cases of disease

Question 8

prevalence meaning

Answer 8

total number living with disease

Question 9

burden of disease meaning

Answer 9

gap between current health stats in population & ideal health stats

Question 10

what are DALY’s

Answer 10

healthy life lost due to death & time lived with illness, disease or injury

Question 11

under 5 morality rate meaning

Answer 11

how many children die under 5

Question 12

life expectancy meaning

Answer 12

indication of how long a person can expect to live if current death rates stay the same