SAC 2 - health status definitions Flashcards
Health status indicators
HALE
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INCIDENCE
PREVALENCE
DALY
MORTALITY
under 5
maternal
infant
MORBIDITY
SELF ASSESSED HEALTH STATUS
BURDEN OF DISEASE
SELF-ASSESSED HEALTH STATUS
a measure of a person’s own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing, their state of mind and their life in general. It is commonly sourced from population surveys.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.
Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE)
It is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality.
MORTALITY
Refers to death, often at a population level.
INFANT MORTALITY –
– the death of a child between birth and their first birthday.
Mortality rate –
number of deaths, usually expressed per 1000 or 100 000 people in a 12 month period, from a specific cause, or all causes.
INFANT MORTALITY RATES –
the rate of deaths of infants between birth and their first birthday, usually expressed per 1000 live births.
UNDER 5 MORTALITY –
the death of a child under 5 years of age.
UNDER 5 MORTALITY RATE
the rate of deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births.
MATERNAL MORTALITY
death of a mother caused by pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks of delivery.
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
the number of mothers who die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth per 100 000 live births.
MORBIDITY
Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.
INCIDENCE –
The number of new cases of a condition during a given period of time.
PREVALENCE
The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
BURDEN OF DISEASE
measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. Burden of disease is measure in a unit called the DALY.
Years of life lost (YLL) –.
a measure of how many years of life are lost due to death
