Health Trends In Youth

Question 1

Morbidity Rates in youth

Answer 1

Morbidity refers to ill-health (disease, injury and disability) and the level of ill-health in a population.
Two ways of considering morbidity:
-people reporting condition
-(YLD) Years Living with Disability.

Question 2

Mortality Rates in youth

Answer 2

Mortality refers to death in a population, mortality rate is an indication of how many deaths occurred in a period in a given time. Youth has the lowest mortality rates besides childhood.