Mortality and Population Health Quiz

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Which of the following describes mortality?

The movement of people from one place to another.

The occurrence of death in a human population. (correct)

The average age of people in a given population.

The number of births per year in a population.

Which is the most widely used indicator of the general health situation in a country?

Maternal Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) (correct)

What is the Crude Death Rate (CDR) used to measure?

The total number of deaths in a country within a year.

The number of infant deaths per thousand live births.

The ratio of deaths within a population within a specific period. (correct)

The average number of years a person is expected to live on average.

Which of these is NOT a measure of mortality?

Crude Birth Rate (CBR) (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does 'life expectancy' generally measure?

The average number of years a person is expected to live. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) measure?

The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime, based on current age-specific rates. (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the standard age range considered for childbearing years when calculating TFR?

15-49 years (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does the Crude Birth Rate (CBR) indicate?

The number of live births per 1000 people in a given year. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Given 2000 births and a mid-year population of 50,000, what is the Crude Birth Rate?

40 per 1000 (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which factor is a positive influence on population growth?

Fertility (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does the death rate typically represent?

The number of deaths per 1000 people in a year. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does calculating the Crude Death Rate (CDR) require?

Total annual deaths and the total mid-year population. (A) Signup and view all the answers

If a country has a CDR of 10, how many deaths occurred for every 1000 people?

10 (A) Signup and view all the answers

Using the provided formula, what calculation would determine the Crude Death Rate?

$rac{\text{Total annual deaths}}{\text{Total mid-year population}} \times 1000$ (D) Signup and view all the answers

In a country with 10,000,000 people mid-year and 100,000 deaths occur in one year, what is the CDR?

10 (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the time frame considered for maternal mortality after the termination of pregnancy?

Within 42 days (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT included in the definition of maternal mortality?

Accidental deaths during pregnancy (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) measure?

The number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (D) Signup and view all the answers

If a country has 500 maternal deaths and 200,000 live births in a year, what is the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)?

250 (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is used in the numerator when calculating the Maternal Mortality Ratio?

Total deaths due to maternal causes (A) Signup and view all the answers