Health Statistics Overview

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The importance of health statistics include the following EXCEPT

It serves as a tool for planning, implementing, & evaluating health programs

It serves as an index to the health condition of the community

It limits the kind of health services that the community can avail of. (correct)

It serves as a basis for determining the success or failure of health services or actions

Refers to the application of statistical methods & techniques to the study of vital facts, such as those concerning births, deaths, & illnesses

Vital statistics (correct)

Health status

health indicator

census

A list of information which would determine the health of a particular community like population CBR, CDR, IMR, MMR, etc

health related problems

Health indicators (correct)

Health status

health resource problems

Refers to the measure of pregnancy wastage, death of the product of conception that occurs prior to its complete expulsion irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy

fetal death rate Signup and view all the answers

Measures the risk of dying from the causes related to pregnancy, childbirth, & postnatal. It is the index of obstetrical care needed & received by women in the community

FDR Signup and view all the answers

Measures the risk of dying during the first year of life. It is a good index of the general health of the community

IMR Signup and view all the answers

Describes the cessation of all physical & chemical processes in all living things

Death Signup and view all the answers

Is a rough measure of the force of mortality on the probability of dying

CDR Signup and view all the answers

In obtaining the Proportion Mortality Rate (PMR), the following formula can be used

No. of deaths from a specific cause / total deaths X 100 Signup and view all the answers

It is referred as the killing power of a disease

Case fatality Rate Signup and view all the answers

The Attack Rate can be measured by using which of the following formula?

No. of persons acquiring a disease / total no. of exposed to the disease X100 Signup and view all the answers

This measures the frequency of occurrence of the phenomena during a given period of time. It deals only with new cases

Incidence rate Signup and view all the answers

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The importance of health statistics include the following EXCEPT

Refers to the application of statistical methods & techniques to the study of vital facts, such as those concerning births, deaths, & illnesses

A list of information which would determine the health of a particular community like population CBR, CDR, IMR, MMR, etc

Refers to the measure of pregnancy wastage, death of the product of conception that occurs prior to its complete expulsion irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy

Measures the risk of dying from the causes related to pregnancy, childbirth, & postnatal. It is the index of obstetrical care needed & received by women in the community

Measures the risk of dying during the first year of life. It is a good index of the general health of the community

Describes the cessation of all physical & chemical processes in all living things

Is a rough measure of the force of mortality on the probability of dying

In obtaining the Proportion Mortality Rate (PMR), the following formula can be used

It is referred as the killing power of a disease

The Attack Rate can be measured by using which of the following formula?

This measures the frequency of occurrence of the phenomena during a given period of time. It deals only with new cases

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