Health Status indicators
What do health status indicators measure?
Health of a population
What does the WHO measure?
Health by region
What is the definition of life expectancy?
How long people live
What does mortality rate measure?
how many people die before old age
____ is another word for illness and injury
Morbidity
What are health status indicators used for?
Used to assess the health of populations around the world
What does the WHO provide?
WHO provides leadership on all global health issues
What does life expectancy at birth give?
gives an average prediction for how long someone will live based on where and when they are born
What does the under 5 mortality rate measure?
the probability that a child will die before reaching the age of 5
newly diagnosed cases of a disease in a particular population over a specific time period, is what term?
Incidence
What else is used to measure health status?
Information about illness and injury
True or false: Is the WHO now involved in all aspects of global health?
True
What is life expectancy influenced by?
it is influenced by when and where you are born
What does infant mortality rate measure?
how many babies die in their first year of life
What does prevalence measure?
how many people in a population are living with a disease
What does HALE stand for and what does it measure?
HALE stands for health-adjusted life expectancy, and it measures how many years you can expect to live in good health
Yes or no: Do WHO professionals measure and monitor the status of health around the world?
Yes
True or False: In high income countries life expectancy exceeds 80 years?
True
True or False: is neonatal mortality rate another health status indicator?
True
What is a disability?
is a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities
What kind of professionals use incidence rate to track the spread of diseases in a specific population?
Health professionals
What does the WHO track? (Hint: there are 6)
Life expectancy, how many children die before they are 1, how many people die before they are 60, how many children die before they are 5, how many children die in the first 28 days of life, how many mothers die in pregnancy and childbirth
Yes or No: Does the life expectancy of low-income countries exceed 65 years?
No, it does not exceed 65 years
What does maternal mortality rates measure?
how many women die during or shortly after a pregnancy
What do professionals use to measure the occurrence of diseases in a population?
incidence and prevalence