M5. Census & Civil Registry. Flashcards
1
Q
- allows SMALL AREA ESTIMATION.
- numbers & distributions by age, sex, and others.
Disadvantage: can only include small number of health questions.
A
Census
2
Q
- establishment of LEGAL DOCUMENTS.
- SOURCE OF VITAL STATISTICS.
- includes cause of death w/ ICD.
- essential for IMPROVING HEALTH & provision of SMALL-AREA DATA.
Disadvantage: non-existent in low & lower-middle-income countries.
A
Civil Registry
3
Q
Civil Registry includes?
A
- Birth statistics.
- Death statistics.
4
Q
- most visible evidence.
- calculation of birth rates.
- maternal conditions.
- length of gestation.
- birth weight.
- congenital abnormalities.
A
Birth statistics.
5
Q
- mortality data.
- deaths are unlikely to go unrecorded.
- calculation of mortality rates.
- info about cause of death.
A
Death statistics.
6
Q
3 cause of death?
COD - cause of death.
A
- immediate COD.
- antecedent COD.
- underlying COD.
7
Q
- final disease
- injury
- complication
A
immediate COD.
8
Q
intervening event between immediate and underlying cause of death
pre-existing.
A
antecedent COD.
9
Q
disease that initiated chain of morbid events
real but not immediately obvious.
A
underlying COD.