Unit 1 SAC 2 definitions

Question 1

health status

Answer 1

‘an individual’s or a population’s overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors’ (AIHW, 2008)

Question 2

health indicators

Answer 2

standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status, e.g. life expectancy, mortality rates, morbidity rates

Question 3

mortality

Answer 3

refers to deaths in the population

Question 4

years of life lost (YLL)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

trend

Answer 5

a general direction in which something is developing or changing.

Question 6

morbidity

Answer 6

refers to ill-health in an individual and the levels of ill-health in a population or group (AIHW, 2008)

Question 7

incidence

Answer 7

incidence refers to the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given period

Question 8

prevalence

Answer 8

prevalence the number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time (AIHW, 2008)

Question 9

years lost due to disability (YLD)

Answer 9

years lost due to disability (YLD) a measure of how many ‘healthy’ years of life are lost due to illness, injury or disability