Topic 2 AOS 1 - Measurements and Indicators of Health Status of Australia's Youth

Question 1

Health Status

Answer 1

An individuals or populations overall health (and wellbeing), taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors

Question 2

Health indicators

Answer 2

Standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status

Question 3

Idictator - Life expectancy

Answer 3

Number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates do not change (most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth)

Question 4

Indicator - mortality

Answer 4

The number of deaths in a population in a given period

Question 5

Indicator - Years of Life Lost (YLL)

Answer 5

A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death

Question 6

Indicator - Morbidity

Answer 6

ill health in an individual and levels of ill health witin a population (often expressed through incidence and prevalence)

Question 7

Indicator - Years Lost due to Disability

Answer 7

a measure of how many healthy years of life lost due to a disease, injury or disability

Question 8

Indicator - Prevalence

Answer 8

The numberof cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 9

Indicators - Burden of Disease

Answer 9

A 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

Question 10

Indicator - DALY

Answer 10

• Disability adjusted Life Years
• measure of burden of disease
• One DALY is equal to one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death

DALY is calculated by YLL + YLD

Question 11

what are chronic conditions?

Answer 11

Only disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer than 6 months)
- it usually cant be cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management
eg: Arthritis and asthma

Question 12

Indicator - Hospital seperations

Answer 12

episodes of hospital care that start with admission and end at transfer, discharge or death

Question 13

Inicator - Core activities

Answer 13

relate to three main areas of life: self-care, mobility and communication

Question 14

Indicator - Core Activity Limitation

Answer 14

When an individual has difficulty or requires assisstance with any of the three core activites

Question 15

Indicator - Psychological distress and what is it measured by?

Answer 15

Relates to unpleasent feelings and emotions that effect an individuals level of functioning

Question 16

indicator - Incidence

Answer 16

number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given period