ANTC67H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2 (pg 30-38): Disability-Adjusted Life Year, Relative Risk, Attributable Risk
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Chapter 2 (pg 30-38) measuring health and disease. Death rates useful for diseases with high case-fatality but many diseases have low case fatality. Morbidity data clarifies the reasons for particular trends in mortality. Changes in death rate can be due to changes in morbidity rates or case-fatality. The data should be relevant and easily accessible. Limitations of routinely recorded morbidity data so epidemiological studies of morbidity rely on collection of new data using questionnaires and screening methods. Icf describes how people live with their health condition. Impairment: any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function. Disability: any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Handicap: a disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or a disability that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal for that individual.
