Health - Key Terms - Flashcards in A Level and IB Geography

Health

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity

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Morbidity

Illness and reporting of disease

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Mortality

The death of people. It is measured by a number of indices, death rate, infant mortality, case mortality and attack rate

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Infant Mortality

The number of deaths of children under the age of 1, per 1000 live births, per year.

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Crude death rate

The number of deaths per 1000 people, in one year.

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Illness and reporting of disease

Morbidity

The death of people. It is measured by a number of indices, death rate, infant mortality, case mortality and attack rate

The number of deaths of children under the age of 1, per 1000 live births, per year.

The number of deaths per 1000 people, in one year.

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