Week 4 - Death Rates Flashcards
Case Fatality Definition
the proportion of cases with a specified disease or condition who die within a specified time
What is the formula for calculating case fatality?
number of deaths from diagnosed cases in a given period / number of diagnosed cases of the disease in the same period * 100
What is a verbal autopsy?
an indirect method of ascertaining biomedical causes of death from information on symptoms, signs and circumstances preceding death obtained from te deceased person’s family verbally
What is a death rate also known as?
the crude mortality rate
How do you calculate the crude mortality rate?
number of deaths during a specified period / number of persons at risk of sying during the same period.
How do you calculate the age-specific death rate?
total number of deahts occuring in a specific age and sex group of the population in a defined area during a specified period / estimate population of the same age and sex group of the population in the same area during the same period * 10^n
What is proportionate mortality?
A ratio between the number of deaths from a given cause per 100 or 1000 total deaths in the same period.
What is the infant mortality rate?
the rate of death in children during the first year of life
How do you calculate the infant mortality rate?
number of deaths in a year of children less than 1 year of age / number of live births in the same year * 1000
What is the child mortality rate?
the mortality rate of children 1 - 5 years of age
What are common causes of death for children aged 1 -5?
- injuries
- malnutrition
- infectious diseases
What is the maternal mortality rate?
the rate at which mothers die from causes associate with delivering babies, complications of pregnancy or childbirth
How do you calculate the maternal mortality rate?
number of maternal deaths in a given geographic area in a given year / number of live births that occured among the population of the given geographic area during the same year
What is the adult mortality rate?
the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60 years per 1000 population
who has the greate mortality rate: men or women?
men
