Ignition - Measuring Health Status

Question 1

Incidence

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Prevalence

Answer 2

The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time (AIHW,2008)

Question 3

Morbidity

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Burden of disease

Answer 4

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.
Burden of disease is measured in a unit called the DALY

Question 5

Disability adjusted life years (DALYs)

Answer 5

Measure of burden of disease one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness disease or injury

Question 6

Years of life lost (YLL)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Years lost due to disability (YLD)

Answer 7

Measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to illness injury or disability

Question 8

Life expectancy

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Health adjusted life expectancy (HALE)

Answer 9

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 the current rates of ill-health and mortality mortality

Question 10

Mortality

Answer 10

Refers to death often at a population level

Question 11

Maternal mortality

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Maternal mortality ratio

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Infant mortality

Answer 13

The death of a child between birth and their first birthday

Question 14

Infant mortality rate

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Under five mortality

Answer 15

The death of a child under five years of age

Question 16

Under five mortality rate

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Self-assessed health status

Answer 17

A measure based on a person‘s own opinion about how they feel about the health and well-being, the state of mind and their life in general. It is commonly sourced from population surveys.