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

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  • 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

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3
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Civil Registry includes?

A
  1. Birth statistics.
  2. Death statistics.
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  • most visible evidence.
  • calculation of birth rates.
  • maternal conditions.
  • length of gestation.
  • birth weight.
  • congenital abnormalities.
A

Birth statistics.

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  • mortality data.
  • deaths are unlikely to go unrecorded.
  • calculation of mortality rates.
  • info about cause of death.
A

Death statistics.

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6
Q

3 cause of death?

COD - cause of death.

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  1. immediate COD.
  2. antecedent COD.
  3. underlying COD.
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  • final disease
  • injury
  • complication
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immediate COD.

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intervening event between immediate and underlying cause of death

pre-existing.

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antecedent COD.

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disease that initiated chain of morbid events

real but not immediately obvious.

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underlying COD.

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