Measuring Health Status

Question 1

Morbidity

Answer 1

the incidence of disease: the rate of sickness. factors that indicate the wellbeing of an individual

Question 2

Mortality

Answer 2

Death

Question 3

Incidence

Answer 3

The rate of occurrence of new cases arising in a given period and specified population

Question 4

Prevalence

Answer 4

The frequency of existing cases in a defined population at a given point.

Question 5

Crude mortality rate

Answer 5

The death Rate (Number of Deaths during a specified period / Number of persons at risk of dying during the same period)

Question 6

Age-adjusted mortality

Answer 6

A summary measure of the death rate that a population would have if it had a standard age structure (done to compare separate populations of different age structures, can also be done for other basic characteristics)

Question 7

Infant mortality

Answer 7

Death rate of children in the first year of life

Question 8

Health status

Answer 8

The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures.

Question 9

Population health

Answer 9

the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group

Question 10

five areas for measuring population health

Answer 10

• – Death
• – Diseasee
• – Disability
• – Discomfort
• – Distress

Question 11

areas for measuring population health: Death

Answer 11

a. Death: mortality data, life expectancy at birth (Life expectancy varies by age – people who are going to die younger have already died), Hispanic paradox (people who immigrate to the united states are typically healthier, b/c they still have traditional lifestyle qualities in addition to originally being the hardiest from where they came. However, as they are here an increased time, they become more unhealthy because they adopt the American way of life.

Question 12

areas for measuring population health: Disease

Answer 12

b. Disease: Morbidity, Incident (amount of new cases occurring in a given period) and Prevalence (the amount of cases present / In existence)

Question 13

areas for measuring population health : Disability

Answer 13

c. Disability: Disability adjusted life years (DALY) = Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to premature mortality in the population + the Years Lost due to Disability (YLD) for people living with the health condition or its consequences

Question 14

areas for measuring population health : Discomfort

Answer 14

d. Discomfort: Self- Report

Question 15

areas for measuring population health : Distress

Answer 15

e. Distress: Self-Report

Question 16

Rresources for locating population health data

Answer 16

a. WHO
b. Hamilton County Public Health
c. CDCD
d. State
e. Census

Question 17

Health:

Answer 17

a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity