measuring health status

Question 1

self assessed health status

Answer 1

an individuals own opinions about how they feel about their health and state of mind and their life in general. It is commonly sourced from population surveys

Question 2

life expectancy

Answer 2

the number of years of life on average remaining to an individual at a particular age is death rates do not change

Question 3

mortality

Answer 3

relates to death often at a population level

Question 4

mortality rate

Answer 4

the number of deaths usually per 1000 or 100000 people in a 12 month period

Question 5

morbidity

Answer 5

ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population

Question 6

incidence

Answer 6

refers to the number or rates of new cases or conditions in a population during a given period

Question 7

prevalence

Answer 7

the tory’s number of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 8

Years of life lost (fatal)

Answer 8

a measure of how many years expected life are lost due to premature death

Question 9

years lived with disability (not fatal)

Answer 9

a measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to disease injury or disability

Question 10

Disability adjusted life year

Answer 10

a measure of burden of disease. One daly is equal to one year of life lost due to premature death and the years lived with disability for people living with health conditions