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Define Mortality
The amount of deaths in a population
The total number of cases of a condition at a given time
Prevalence
What is YLD?
Years lost due to disability
What factors can influence an individual’s health status?
Diet, exercise, sleep, access to healthcare, environment, genetics, stress, and lifestyle choices like smoking or alcohol use.
Define Life expectancy
how long a person is expected to live if current death rates don't change
provides an indication of levels of ill health that requires medical treatment
Rates Of Hospitilisation
What are the three categories in Core Activity limitation
Self-care, mobility and communication in own language.
How socioeconomic status can influence a person’s health status?
higher income, education, and employment usually have better access to healthcare, nutritious food, safe housing, and health information. This often leads to better health outcomes.
Define morbidity
Refers to ill-health - including disease, injury and disability - in an individual or the level of ill-health in a population or group. It includes disease, injury and disability.
An individual’s own perception of their health and wellbeing.
self-assessed health status
What is the collective term given to the variety of ways measuring health status?
Health status indicators
For example, a woman who died at 48 (37 YLL) lived with terminal cancer for 9 years before it took her life. Therefore her YLD would be 9.
Calculate her DALY’s
46 DALY's
Define incidence
The numbers of new cases of a condition in a given period of time (usually 12 months)
Measurement of the number of healthy years of life lost as a result of non-fatal health conditions (disease, injury or disability)
YLD/Year lost due to disability
What is the 2 key points in analysing a graph?
Date, Directed population (Ages 18-20 or melba students)
How can a core activity limitation affect a person’s everyday life?
Core activity limitation in any of the three areas may result in difficulty of bathing, movement and communication. This can affect a person's daily life, damaging independence and quality of life.
Define Burden Of Disease
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. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called the DALY.
relates to unpleasant feelings and emotions that have an impact on an individual's level of functioning
Psychological Distress
What is the average life expectancy for BOTH males and females?
81 years Male, 85 years female
What are some barriers that can affect the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
limited access to healthcare, low income, poor housing, and lack of healthy food.