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Burden of Disease
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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. Burdon of disease is measured in DALY,
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Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY)
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A measure of burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of health life lost due to a premature death and timed live with an illness, disease or Injury.
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Chronic condition
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Any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer then six months). It usually can't be cured and therefor requires ongoing treatment and management. Examples (Arthiritus and Asthma
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Developed country
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A country that has advanced adequately with regards to economy, technology, and health status |
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Dynamic
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Consistently changing
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Health Adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
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A measure of Burdon of disease based on life expectancy at birth, but including an adjustment for time spent in poor health. It is the numbers of years in full heath that a person can expect to live, based on the current rates of life expectancy.
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Health indicator
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standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status
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Health Status
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An individual's or populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors. |
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Hospital Separation
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Episodes of hospital care that start with admission and end at transfer, discharge or death.
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Incidence
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The number or rate of new cases of a disease during a specified period of time (Usually 12 month period) |
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Infirmity
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The state of being weak, lacking in strength
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Ischaemic Heart disease
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A disease characterised by a blockage of blood vessels (And therefor blood and oxygen) To the heart, also known as coronary heart disease.
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Life expectancy
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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 the death rates do not change. |
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Mental Health
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State of well-being in which the individual realises his own or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community
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Morbidity
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Refers to ill health in an individual and levels of ill health in a population or group
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Mortality
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Deaths in a population
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Morality rate
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The measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one-year period(Usually per 100k) |
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Physical Health
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Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness. |
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Prevalence
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The number of proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
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Social Health
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being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way. |
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Trend
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A general change or movement in a particular direction for example, trends indiciate a significant increase in obesity rates over the past 20 years.
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U5MR (Under 5 mortality Rate)
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The number of deaths of children under five years of age per 1000 live births.
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Years lost due to disability (YLD)
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A measure of how many healthy years of life lost are lost due to illness, injury or disability
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Years of life lost (YLL)
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A measure of how many years expected life are lost due to premature death.
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Optimal Physical Health
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Freedom from illness, disease and Injury Adequate energy levels Ability to complete physical tasks adequately Appropriate levels of fitness strong immune system Well functioning body, systems and organs, Ideal body weight. |
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Optimal Social Health
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Supportive network of friends Supportive and well-functioning family Effecting communication with others Productive relationships with others |
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OPtimal mental health
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High confidence levels Positive self-esteem low levels of stress and anxiety positive thought patterns |
