IDSB04H3 : ch6__
13 Jun 2011
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Chapter 6: epidemiologic profiles of global health and disease. Adjustment a summarizing procedure for a statistical measure in which the effects of compositional differences are adjusted o o. Case fatality (# of deaths from a disease/ # of diagnosed cases of that disease) x 100. Disability-adjusted life year (daly) a measure of burden of disease on a population and effectiveness of interventions. Leading causes of morbidity and mortality: coronary heart disease (chd), cancer and stroke are the leading causes of death . Chd is found in both high and low-income countries o. Denmark (high-income/highly redistributive) has a high life expectancy (78yrs), low child and imr (5deaths/1000births), but high mortality rate from cancer and leading causes of death (l. o. c. d) due to heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease and cancer o. Egypt (middle-income/partially redistributive) has lower life expectancy (68yrs), higher child imr (25 to 35deaths/1,000) than denmark and l. o. c. d from heart disease, stroke, and hypertension o.
