Health status indicators

Question 1

Morbidity

Answer 1

refers to ill health in an individual and population, often express in incidence and prevalence

Question 2

Burden of disease

Answer 2

A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between the current health status and an ideal situation where everyone to an old age free from disease and disability. Measured with DALY

Question 3

DALY

Answer 3

years lost living with a disability

YLL (years of life lost) + YLD (years lived with disability)

Question 4

Burden of disease

Answer 4

A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of diseases and disability

Question 5

MORTALITY

Answer 5

Mortality refers to deaths particularly in a population.Mortality rate the measurement of the proportion of a population who die on a one year period (usually per 100 000)

Question 6

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Answer 6

An indication of how long a person can expect live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

Question 7

INFANT MORTALITY RATE

Answer 7

the rate of deaths of infants between birth and their first birthday, usually expressed per 1000 live births.

Question 8

MATERNAL MORTALITY

Answer 8

Death of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks of delivery

Question 9

DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR (DALY)

Answer 9

A measure of burden of disease, one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury.*DALY = YLL + YLD