NSE 31A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Case Fatality Rate, Attributable Risk, Mortality Rate
10 Oct 2016
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Nse31a: community health nursing: theoretical concepts, frameworks & nursing roles. Adjusted rate: statistical procedure that removes the effects of differences in the composition of a population, such as age, when comparing one to another. Attributable risk: the difference between the incidence rates in an exposed and an unexposed group of people. Case fatality rate: calculated by dividing the number of deaths from a specific disease by the number of people living with that disease during the year, and multiplying by 100. Cause-specific mortality rate: the probability of death from a specific cause. Crude rate: measurement of the occurrence of the health problem or condition being investigated in the entire population. Demographic data: the study of the size, distribution, and characteristics of human populations. Epidemic curve: a graph that plots the distribution of cases by the time of onset of the disease.
