Health status indicators Flashcards
(9 cards)
Incidence
refers to the number of new cases of a particular disease or condition that arise in a population in a certain period of time
what is a health status
refers to an individual or population’s overall health, taking into acount a range of measures, such as life expectancy and experiences of illness, disability and disease
prevelence
refers to the number of cases of a particular disease or condition that are present in a population at a given point in time
Morbidity
refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population group
Mortality
refers to the number of deaths in a population
burden of disease
measures the impact of living with illness and injury and dying prematurely.
Disability - ajusted life years
is a measurement of burden of disease in which one disability - ajusted life year (DALY) equals one healthy year of life lost sue to the experience of a disability or disease (YLD) or premeture death (YLL)
years of life lost due to disability (YLD)
refers to the non fatal contrbution to the burden of disease measurement of disability - ajusted life year
Years of life lost due to premeture death (YLL)
YLL + YLD = DALY
refers to the fatal contribution to the burden of disease measurment of disability ajusted life year
