a measure of the risk of developing some new condition within a specified period of time
incidence
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a disease in a statistical population is defined as the total number of cases of the disease in the population at a given time, or the total number of cases in the population.
prevalence
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(from Latin morbidus: sick, unhealthy) refers to a diseased state, disability, or poor health due to any cause.
Morbidity
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a measure of the number of deaths in a given population
Mortality rate
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the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people. The crude death rate for the whole world is currently about 8.23 per 1000 per year according to the current CIA World Factbook.
crude death rate
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the sum of neonatal deaths and fetal deaths (stillbirths) per 1000 births.
perinatal mortality rate
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the number of maternal deaths due to childbearing per 100,000 live births.
maternal mortality rate
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the number of deaths of children less than 1 year old per 1000 live births.
infant mortality rate,
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the number of deaths of children less than 5 years old per 1000 live births.
child mortality rate
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This represents a proportional comparison to the numbers of deaths that would have been expected if the population had been of a standard composition in terms of age, gender, etc.
standardised mortality rate (SMR)
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This refers to the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people of a given age (e.g. age 62 last birthday).
age-specific mortality rate (ASMR)
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the number of people dying from a disease, divided by the number of those diagnosed with the disease.
Case mortality
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a disease in a statistical population is defined as the total number of cases of the disease in the population at a given time, or the total number of cases in the population.
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prevalence
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(from Latin morbidus: sick, unhealthy) refers to a diseased state, disability, or poor health due to any cause.
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Card 4
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a measure of the number of deaths in a given population
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Card 5
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the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people. The crude death rate for the whole world is currently about 8.23 per 1000 per year according to the current CIA World Factbook.
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