Measuring Population Health
The total number of deaths in a population within a specific time frame.
What is the mortality rate?
The total impact of disease on a population, measured in years lost due to illness or early death.
What is the burden of disease?
This chronic disease, often linked to diet and inactivity, is increasing in Australia.
What is type 2 diabetes?
This global organization provides health guidelines and responds to pandemics.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Low income, education level, and employment opportunities are all examples of these health influencers.
What are social determinants of health?
The number of new cases of a disease within a given population and time period.
What is incidence?
The number of years lost due to premature death is measured by this indicator
What are Years of Life Lost (YLL)?
This major cause of death in Australia is linked to smoking, poor diet, and lack of exercise.
What is cardiovascular disease?
The Australian government introduced this tax to reduce sugar consumption and improve public health.
What is the sugar tax?
Poor air quality and limited access to clean water are examples of this category of health factors.
What are environmental determinants of health?
The total number of people with a disease at a specific time.
What is prevalence?
The measure that accounts for both premature death and years lived with illness or disability.
What are Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)?
The leading cause of cancer-related death in Australia, often linked to smoking.
What is lung cancer?
"Slip, Slop, Slap" is a public health campaign to prevent this disease.
What is skin cancer?
People living in rural and remote areas often have reduced access to these essential health services.
What are healthcare facilities?
A measure that estimates the average number of years a person is expected to live.
What is life expectancy?
Government programs that promote vaccinations and screenings help reduce this type of disease spread.
What is communicable disease transmission?
Mental health issues, particularly this condition, are rising among young Australians.
What is anxiety or depression?
The national immunisation program helps protect Australians from these types of diseases.
What are vaccine-preventable diseases?
This term describes the unfair differences in health outcomes between different population groups.
What is health inequality?
This indicator measures the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births.
What is the infant mortality rate?
A pandemic is different from an epidemic because it affects populations at this level
What is a global level?
First Nations Australians have a lower life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians due to these factors.
What are social determinants of health?
The framework that guides health policy in Australia to address inequalities in Indigenous health.
What is Closing the Gap?
The World Health Organization promotes these basic requirements for good health, including food, shelter, and education.
What are the social determinants of health?