Mortality Statistics

Question 1

Morbidity

Answer 1

The burden of a disease in a population
Can be prevalence, incidence, or attack rate
Can also be used to describe the state of being diseased

Question 2

Mortality

Answer 2

deaths

Question 3

Why do we measure mortality?

Answer 3

Highlight differences in the risk of dying from a disease between people in different geographic areas and subgroups in the population

Mortality rates can serve as measures of disease severityInform whether treatment for disease has become more effective over time

Mortality rates may serve as a proxy for incidence when a disease is highly fatal and has a short duration

Question 4

Mortality Rate

Answer 4

Percentage or proportion of the population that has died during a specified period of time

Question 5

Mortality Rate Calculation

Answer 5

of people who died during time frame of interest / # of people in population during time frame of interest

Question 6

Cause Specific Mortality Rate

Answer 6

Percentage or proportion of the population that has died due to a specified cause during a specified period of time

Question 7

Calculating cause specific mortality rate

Answer 7

of people who died of cause x during time frame of interest / # of people in population during time frame of interest

Question 8

Group Specific Mortality Rate

Answer 8

% or proportion of a specific population of interest that has died over a specific period of time

Question 9

Calculating group specific mortality rate

Answer 9

of y people who died during time frame of interest / # of y people in pop during time frame of interest

Question 10

Proportionate Mortality

Answer 10

% or proportion of the total deaths that are due to a specific cause

Question 11

Calculating proportionate mortality

Answer 11

(# of people who died of cause Y during time frame of interest) / (# of deaths in population during time frame of interest)

Question 12

Case Fatality Rate

Answer 12

% or proportion of all persons diagnosed with a given disease that will die with that disease over a certain time period

Probability of dying from a disease given that you have it

proportion

Question 13

Calculating Case Fatality Rate

Answer 13

(# of people who died of disease Y during time frame of interest) / (# of people in population with disease Y during time frame of interest)

Question 14

Case Fatality

Answer 14

% of people with a disease who die within a certain time after their disease was diagnosed