Measures Of Disease Frequency Continued

Question 1

Describe crude mortality rate?

Answer 1

Death from ALL causes
Crude=all

total deaths/ # ppl in pop

Question 2

What is cause specific mortality/morbidity rate?

Answer 2

Deaths from a specific cause in a population.
Or for morbidity, number of people with a specific disease

cause specific death/ # ppl in pop

Question 3

What is case fatality ratio? What is case specific survival rate?

Answer 3

The number of deaths from a specific cause out of those who had the disease but didn’t die

death from certain cause/ # who have the disease

Number of people living with SPECIFIC disease out of the number of diseased

Question 4

What is the proportional mortality rate? (PMR)

Answer 4

The number of deaths from a specific cause out of the total deaths in a population

Question 5

Live birth rate?

Answer 5

Number of live births per 1,000 population usually per year

Question 6

What is fertility rate?

Answer 6

live births/ 1,000 women ages btw 15-44

Question 7

Neonatal mortality rate?

Answer 7

Number of deaths in infants less than 28 days old per 1,000 live births

Question 8

Postnatal mortality rate?

Answer 8

Deaths in infants 28 days or older but less than one year per 1,000 live births

Question 9

Infant mortality rate?

Answer 9

Deaths in babies less than one yearned 1,000 births

Question 10

Maternal mortality rate?

Answer 10

Number of female pregnancy related deaths per 100,000 live births