Session 1

Question 1

Define census.

Answer 1

The simultaneous recording of demographic data by the government at a particular time pertaining to all the persons who live in a particular territory.

Question 2

What two key things does a census describe?

Answer 2

Households and people.

Question 3

List six key features of a census

Answer 3

Run by the government
covers a defined area
simultaneous throughout the defined area
universal coverage
happens at regular intervals (every 10 years in the UK).
Personal enumeration ( a person in each household completes a from)

Question 4

What are three key bits of information that are gained from a census? (SSC

Answer 4

Population size
population structure
population characteristics.

Question 5

What can the data from a census, regarding population size, be used to calculate?

Answer 5

Rates, such as rates of diseases

Question 6

What can the data gained from a census about population structure highlight?

Answer 6

Service needs.

Question 7

What are five measures of deprivation that can be measured in a census?

Answer 7

Unemployment
overcrowding
lone pensioners
single parents
lack of basic amenities

Question 8

State a limitation of a Census

Answer 8

It will not count every household or person

data will be incomplete for certain subgroups such as armed forces, homeless, travelling communities

Question 9

What are three factors that affect population size and structure?

Answer 9

Births, deaths and migration.

Question 10

What is a population estimate?

Answer 10

Applies what is known about births, deaths and migration to the present

Question 11

What is population projections?

Answer 11

are also estimates but future orientated

additional assumptions about births, deaths and migration in the future

Question 12

Describe a birth notification. (Include details of who completes it, in what time frame and what services use it.)

Answer 12

The attendant at birth completes the birth notification, usually a midwife
It is completed within 36 hours to local Child Health Register.
It is used for services such as immunisations.

Question 13

Describe a birth registration. (Include details of who completes it, in what time frame and what services use it

Answer 13

Completed by parent
within 42 days to local Registrar for Births
for statistical purposes

Question 14

What are the uses of birth data?

Answer 14

Health service planning
epidemiology
Screening programmes (ovarian, breast cancer, immunisation take up)
health inequalities analysis

Question 15

Who completes a death certification

Answer 15

statutory obligation for attending doctor

legally required to provide information on likely
cause(s) of death; 2 parts, events leading to death & diseases which contributed but were not part of direct sequence leading to death

notify Coroner’s Officer if unusual or unsure

Question 16

Who does the death registration

Answer 16

by a qualified informant, usually a relative
within 5 days to local Registrar for Deaths
requires Death Certificate from doctor

Question 17

What are the reasons for collecting mortality data?

Answer 17

classify causes of death
analyse patterns in mortality rates
identify health problems
inform service needs

Question 18

What does Health Survey of England tell?

Answer 18

Information on the health and related behaviours of
people
eg. smoking, drinking

Question 19

define life expectancy

Answer 19

Average number of years that a newborn is expected

to live if current mortality rates continue to apply

Question 20

what is quality and outcomes framework?

Answer 20

(QOF) is a voluntary annual reward and incentive programme for all GP surgeries in England.
It consists of a set of
achievement measures, known as indicators, against which practices score
points according to their level of achievement.

Question 21

What does QOF provide?

Answer 21

QOF provides disease
registers for a number of conditions.
The number of patients on clinical registers can be used to estimate disease prevalence

Question 22

What is a disadvantage of QOF?

Answer 22

Disadvantages: estimates do not necessarily equate to actual prevalence due
to many factors including incomplete recording, coding and definitional
issues