HHD- Statistical Analysis

Refers to an overall evaluation made about how an individual or poplation is at any given time

• Life Expectancy
• Disability
• Disease Risk Factors

A statistical analysis term which refers to a pattern or relationship in the data.

The aim for analysing trends is to sum up a graph or the like in a statement. Find one applicable rule to apply out of the following 3-

Summarise the whole graph: Look at the graph/table. Is there a statement that you can write which summarises the whole graph?

What is being compared?: Look at what is being compared. Is there a statement that can be made about this?

Some of the data: Can you make a genral staement about some of the data shown in the graph?

An Indication of how long a person can expect to live, or the nuber of years reamining to that person at a particular age, provided death rates do not change

The number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other envioronmenatl factor

Ill health in an individual and levels of ill health in a population or group

Morbidity is a measure of levels of ill heath and diseae and morbidioty is a measure of deaths caused by a disease/ illness

The number or proportion of exsisting cases of a particular disease/condition during a specific time

The number or rate of NEW cases of a disease/condition during a specific time

Prevalence measures the amount of exsisting cases of a disease/condition whereas incidence is a measure of new cases of a disease/illness.

A measure of ill health in a community. It measures the gap between current health status and and ideal where everyone lives to old age free from disease and disabilty

Measure of the burden of disease in a community or group. One DALY equals to one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time living with disease/illness

• DALY- Disability adjusted life year
• YLL- Years of Life Lost
• YLD- Years of Life Living with Disease/Disablity

The fatal burden of disease of a population defined as years of life lost due to death

The non-fatal component of disease and is a meaure of the healthy years lost due to disease and disablity