Philippine health situation Flashcards
Useful in epidemiological investigations
Attack rate
More accurate measure of the risk of exposure
Attack rate
Cases given medical care at any point in time during course of the illness which directly cause death
Attended
Numerical order of a child in relation to all previous pregnancies
Birth order
First weight of the fetus or newborn obtained after birth
Birth weight
Measure of one characteristic of natural growth
Crude birth rate
Measure of one mortality from all causes which may result in decrease of population
Crude death rate
Rates are referred to the total living population
Crude or general rates
Permanent disappearance of all evidence of life
Death
Death prior to the complete expulsion of a product
Fetal death
Measures pregnancy wastage
Fetal death rate
Measures the frequency of occurrence of the phenomenon during a given period of time
Incidence rate
Death of an infant under one year of age
Infant mortality/death
Measures the risk of dying during 1st year of life
Infant mortality rate
Death of fetus with 28 or more completed weeks of gestation
Late fetal death
Complete expulsion or extraction from its mother
Live birth
Death of a woman while pregnant or within 42days of termination of pregnancy
Maternal mortality/death
Measures the risk of dying from causes related to pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium
Maternal mortality rate
Index of the obstetrical care
Maternal mortality rate
Death among live births during the first 28 completed days of life
Neonatal death
Measures the risk of dying during 1st month of life
Neonatal death rate
Index of the effects of prenatal care
Neonatal death rate
Index of the general health condition
Infant mortality rate
Place where the vital event take place
Place of occurrence
Measures the proportion of the population which exhibits a particular disease at a particular time
Prevalence rate
Numerical relationship between deaths from a cause, age and total number of deaths
Proportional mortality
Refers to the number of children a woman would haveby the time she reaches 50
Total fertility rate
Refers to the place where the person/deceased habitually or permanently resides
Usual residence
Measure of fertility
Crude birth rate
