HHD - Area of Study 1 (Unit 3) Definitions.

• definitions of physical, social and mental dimensions of health and health status;

• different measures of health status of Australians, including the meaning of burden of disease,

health adjusted life expectancy and DALYs, life expectancy, under-five mortality rate, mortality,

morbidity, incidence, prevalence;

• health status of Australians compared with other developed countries, including Sweden, United

States of America, United Kingdom and Japan;

• variations in the health status of population groups in Australia, including males and females,

higher and lower socio-economic status groups, rural and remote populations and indigenous

populations;

• biological, behavioural and social determinants of health in explaining variations in health

status;