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Case fatality rate |
Number of deaths out of total number of cases of a particular disease per 100 |
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Crude death rate |
Number of deaths in the community in a given year out of average population in the same year per 1000 |
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Perinatal mortality rate |
All deaths occurring between 28weeks to first week of neonatal life out of total births for that period per 1000 |
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Infant mortality rate |
Number of deaths among infants in a given year out of total number of live births in same year per 1000 |
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What information can one get from an infant mortality rate |
Unmet health needs and unfavorable environmental conditions |
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What are the leading causes of neonatal deaths? |
Prematurity Congenital abnormalities Neonatal sepsis Birth injuries |
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What are the leading causes of infant deaths |
Malaria Pneumonia Diarrhoea Malnutrition |
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Maternal mortality rate |
Reflects level obstetrical care in an area |
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Maternal mortality ratio |
Total number of maternal deaths out of total live births in same year per 100000 |
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What is maternal death |
Death of a pregnant woman or death of a woman after 42 days of termination of pregnancy,irrespective of the duration of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes |
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What are the disadvantages of cross sectional studies |
Not good for rare diseases Cannot measure risk Causality cannot be established |
