Module 1

Question 1

mortality rate

Answer 1

number of deaths/population

Question 2

what is population health

Answer 2

Health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within the group

Question 3

measures of socioeconomic status

Answer 3

occupation, income, education level, living standards, deprivation (NZDep)

Question 4

what determines health

Answer 4

Question 5

morbidity

Answer 5

any departure from psychological or physical wellbeing

Question 6

what is a DALY

Answer 6

• disability-adjusted life year
• Measures gap between populations current health status and ideal health status
• 1 DALY = 1 YLL + 1 YLD

Question 7

demographic transition model

Answer 7

• Changes in population death and birth rates over time
• Growth and change in populations over time

Question 8

epidemiological transition model

Answer 8

Changes in population disease patterns over time

• Communicable disease e.g. measles (decrease)
• Non-communicable disease e.g. cardiac arrest (increase)