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True or False: It is very important to monitor healthstatus because these indicators changesover a period of time. |
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Types of Health Indicators |
1. Birth 2. Mortality 3. Death Ratio |
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It is the ratio of total live births to totalpopulation in a given area over aspecified time period |
Birth Rate |
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It is expressed as the number of livebirths per 1,000 members of thepopulation |
Birth rate |
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Health Indicators |
1. Physical or Mental disease2. Impairment or disability3. Social well being |
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It represents the number of live birthsper 1,000 females of childbearing age(15-49 years) |
Fertility Rate |
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Mortality proposed by |
John Graunt (1620-1674) and WilliamFarr (Vital statistics) |
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Monitoring of both Birth and FertilityRate are important for effectiveplanning |
Fertility rate |
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Designed to monitor burials in London rather than deaths. |
The Bills of Mortality |
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is the epidemiologic and vital statisticsterm for death. |
Mortality |
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Average number of births per woman. |
Total Fertility Rate |
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It is a proxy for the effectiveness offamily planning services. |
Total fertility rate |
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Cause of death |
1. Degeneration of vital organs andrelated conditions 2. Disease states 3. Society or the environment(homicide, accidents, disasters, etc.) |
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The first and most basic measure ofdeath. |
Crude Mortality Rate |
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Deaths from a specific cause are ofinterest |
Cause Specific Mortality Rate |
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Major health status indicator ofpopulations and a key measure ofthe health status of a community orpopulation. |
Infant Mortality Rate |
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It accounts for almost 80% of infantdeath. (Wrong position of sleeping) |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
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Divided into Neonatal and Postneonatal |
Infant mortality rate |
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It refers to the death of a fetus orneonates. |
Perinatal Mortality Rate |
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Infant died at the womb buthad survived for > 20th weeks ofgestation. |
Stillbirth |
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Embryo or fetus dies20th week of pregnancy. |
Miscarriage |
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The ratio of fetal deaths divided by thesum of the births (live and still). |
Fetal Death Rate |
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Result from the expulsion or extractionof the fetus from the womb. |
Fetal death rate |
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It reflects poor prenatal care, lowbirth weights, infections, lack of propermedical care, injuries, prematuredelivery, and congenital defects. |
Neonatal Mortality Rate |
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The death of a woman while pregnantor within 42 days of termination ofpregnancy |
Maternal Mortality Rate |
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It reflects newborns dying between 28and 364 days of age. |
Post neonatal Mortality Rate |
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Rates are influenced primarily bymalnutrition and infectious diseases |
Post neonatal mortality rate |
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It has the capacity to measure thevarious aspects or properties of adisease such as its pathogenicity.severity, or virulence. |
Death to Case Ratio |
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The ability of the pathogen toinfect a resistant host. |
Virulence |
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It indicates the burden of a given causeof death relative to all deaths. |
Proportional Mortality Ratio |
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It measures the relative impact ofvarious health-related states or eventson a population. |
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) |
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Are useful in that they describe health status and provide a comparison with health related programs. |
Health Indicator |
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Gives us idea to understand who is at greatest risk and how they have become more susceptible to the health problem |
Health indicator |
