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Health and Wellness Terminology

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What is the state of being free from disease and having complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing?

Mortality
Immortality
Health (correct)
Morbidity

What does the term 'morbidity' refer to?

Any departure from a state of physiological wellbeing (correct)
A state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing
The rate at which people are dying
The opposite of mortality

What is the crude death rate a measure of?

The rate of morbidity in a community
The number of births per 1000 population
The number of deaths per 1000 population (correct)
The rate of health in a community

What is the opposite of mortality?

Immortality (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is an easier way to understand morbidity?

As any kind of problem or sickness that makes you feel different from your usual healthy self (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for calculating the Infant Mortality Rate?

No. of deaths under 1 year of age in a year per 1000 live births (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of Life Expectancy at Birth?

The average number of years that will be lived by those born alive into a population (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for calculating the Maternal Mortality Rate?

No. of female deaths from pregnancy, childbirth, or Puerperal causes in a year per 1000 live births (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of Prevalence?

The number of current cases existing at a given point of time, or over a period of time in a given population (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of Case Fatality Rate?

The number of deaths due to a particular disease per 1000 cases with same disease (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of Neonatal Mortality Rate?

The number of deaths under 28 days of age in a year per 1000 live births (C) Signup and view all the answers

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