AS Geography of Health

Quiz of the main terms you might get asked to define in the exam.

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  • Created on: 30-04-10 21:07
What defines the number of people dying from a disease divide by the number of those diagnosed as having the disease?
Case-Mortality Rate
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What indicator states the number of deaths per 1000 people per year?
Crude Death Rate
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What describes the overall condition of an individual at a given time in regard to the soundness of their body or mind and freedom from disease or abnormality?
Health
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What is morbidity?
the state of being ill or diseased, or the occurrence of a disease/condition that chnages the health and quality of life
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What is defined as the number of cases diagnosed in an area, divided by the total population, over the period of an epidemic?
Attack Rate
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What indicator states the number of deaths per 1000 people per year?

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Crude Death Rate

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What describes the overall condition of an individual at a given time in regard to the soundness of their body or mind and freedom from disease or abnormality?

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What is morbidity?

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What is defined as the number of cases diagnosed in an area, divided by the total population, over the period of an epidemic?

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