health status indicators

Question 1

health status

Answer 1

an individual or populations overall h&w taking into account various indicators such as life expectancy, mortality and morbidity

Question 2

health status indicators

Answer 2

statistics that are used to measure and compare health status
- incidence
- prevalence
- morbidity
- burden of disease
- disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
- years of life lost (YLL)
- years lived with disability (YLD)
- life expectancy
- health adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
- mortality (maternal, infant and under 5)
- self-assessed health status

Question 3

incidence

Answer 3

the numer or rate of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given time period

Question 4

prevelance

Answer 4

the number or proportion of total cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 5

morbidity

Answer 5

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

Question 6

burden of disease

Answer 6

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
measured in a unit called the daly

Question 7

DALYs

Answer 7

• Disability Adjusted Life Years
• 1 DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with disease or injury

Question 8

YLL

Answer 8

• years of expected life lost due to premature death
• the fatal component of DALYs

Question 9

YLD

Answer 9

• a measure of how many **healthy years ** are lost due to disease, injury or disability
• years of life lived with a disease, disability or injury
• the non-fatal component of DALYs

Question 10

life expectancy

Answer 10

the number of years, on average, an individual is expected to live, if death rates do not change

Question 11

health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)

Answer 11

a measure of burden of disease based on life expectancy at birth but including an adjustment for time spent in poor health. it is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality

Question 12

mortality

Answer 12

refers to death, at a population level (number or rate of deaths in a population)

Question 13

maternal mortality

Answer 13

the number of mothers who die during pregnancy, before, during or within 6 weeks after childbirth per 100,000 lives births

Question 14

infant mortality rate

Answer 14

the rate of deaths of infants between birth and their first birthday per 100,000 live births

Question 15

self assessed health status

Answer 15

a measure based on a persons own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing, their state of mind and their life in general.

Question 16

factors influencing australias health status

Answer 16

• smoking and vaping ​
• alcohol ​
• overweight and obesity ​
• under-consumption of fruit and vegetables
• under-consumption of dairy foods
• under-consumption of fibre
• high intake of fat
• high intake of salt
• high intake of sugar