SAC 1

Question 1

life expectancy

Answer 1

An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

Question 2

Years lost due to disability (YLD)

Answer 2

A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to illness, injury or disability

Question 3

Disease

Answer 3

A physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction or tissue damage.

Question 4

Self-assessed health status

Answer 4

A measure based on a person’s own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing, their state of mind and their life in general. It is commonly sourced from population surveys.

Question 5

life expectancy

Answer 5

An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

Question 6

Years of life lost (YLL)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Morbidity

Answer 7

Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.

Question 8

Prevalence

Answer 8

Refers to the total number of cases of a condition at a given time

Question 9

Incidence

Answer 9

Refers to the number of new cases of a condition in a given period (usually 12 months)

Question 10

Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY)

Answer 10

A measure of burden of disease, one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury.

Question 11

Rate of hospitalisation

Answer 11

Provides an indication of levels of ill-health that require medical treatment

Question 12

Psychological distress

Answer 12

the social and cultural conditions into which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions include family, peer group, housing, access to health information, education, employment and income.

Question 13

Health and Wellbeing

Answer 13

relating to the state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence and is characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged

Question 14

Dynamic

Answer 14

Health and wellbeing is constantly changing. EG: if someone has an accident and breaks their arm and then it heals

Question 15

Subjective

Answer 15

Health and wellbeing is influenced by and based on personal beliefs, feelings or opinions

Question 16

Social health and wellbeing

Answer 16

the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations

Question 17

Physical health and wellbeing

Answer 17

relates to the functioning of the body and its systems; it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks

Question 18

Emotional health and wellbeing

Answer 18

the ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience

Question 19

Mental health and wellbeing

Answer 19

relates to the state of a person’s mind or brain and the ability to think and process information. Optimal mental health and wellbeing enables an individual to positively form opinions, make decisions and use logic.

Question 20

Spiritual health and wellbeing

Answer 20

relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings. It includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value, and reflection on a person’s place in the world.

Question 21

Illness

Answer 21

How an individual experiences a disease. It is subjective.

Question 22

Mortality

Answer 22

Refers to death.

Question 23

Burden of disease

Answer 23

A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability.

Question 24

Core activity limitation

Answer 24

when an individual has difficulty, or requires assistance with any of the three core activities