Measuring Health Status
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| + | '''infant mortality''' - the number of deaths in the first year of life per 1000 births. | ||
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| + | '''life expectancy''' - the number of years of life remaining at any given age. This is normally reported from birth. Australia's life expectancy at birth is 83 years for females and 78.1 years for males (from 2006 AIHW report). | ||
==What can Epidemiology Tell Us?== | ==What can Epidemiology Tell Us?== | ||
Revision as of 06:00, 21 October 2007
Health Status: a term used to describe the state of an individual/community. Measured against an identifiable standard
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Role of Epidemiology
Epidemiology = “The study of patterns of health and the distribution and frequency of disease, illness and injury in a society. (morbidity, mortality, infant mortality, life expectancy)
==Measures Of Epidemiology==Epidemiology = “The study of patterns of health and the distribution and frequency of disease, illness and injury in a society.
morbidity -
mortality -
infant mortality - the number of deaths in the first year of life per 1000 births.
life expectancy - the number of years of life remaining at any given age. This is normally reported from birth. Australia's life expectancy at birth is 83 years for females and 78.1 years for males (from 2006 AIHW report).
