Chapter 3 Flashcards
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A measure that informs about how many years an individual can expect to live with good health.
health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
How to calculate HALE
years of ill health are weighted according to severity and subtracted from overall life expectancy
Health indicator that is most commonly used that measures the sum of years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability.
disability adjusted life year or DALY
How to calculate DALY
the difference between the age at which one dies and life expectancy
Why use DALY?
if only using life expectancy and mortality separately, then the world will look healthier then it actually is. This is because people can be unhealthy for a long time before dying
the probably about of years living in a given population
life table
Years of life lived with disability multiplied by the wight assigned to the condition
YLD years of life with disability
The amount of year are not lived due to premature death
years of life lost
Communicable, maternal, perinatal conditions and nutritional disorders
group 1 burdens
noncommunicable diseases
group 2 burdens
injuries
group 3 burdens
how much longer do women generally live?
5 years
who have mortality rates decreased for?
everyone, but especially under 5
What group burden of disease is increasing the most?
group 2
What has caused group 2 burden of diseases to be more common?
aging population and a reduction of communicable diseases
What country group have more group 1 causes, but more group 2 DALYs
low income countries
The pattern of deaths and DALYs in lower middle-income countries resembles which other group?
low income countries
upper middle income and high income countries are similar in what way (DALYs)
majority of deaths and DALYs are caused by noncommunicable disease
What is the most common group 1 disease in upper middle and high income countries
lower respiratory infections
What are group of disease dominate the causes of death for children under 5 in low income countries?
group 1 - communicable
What disease dominate the causes of death for children under 5 in all income groups?
lower respiratory conditions
In low and lower middle income countries what are the causes of death for children age 5 to 14?
communicable diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDs, lower respiratory disease and tuberculosis
What is the leading causes of death in lower income countries?
communicable diseases, just all of them
what is the leading cause of death in lower middle income countries?
ischemic heart disease
