Health Status Indicators + Revision

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Across
  1. 3. Acronym for Disability Adjusted Life Years, a measure of burden of disease. One DALY is equal to one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death. DALY are calculated as the sum of the years of life lost due to premature death and the years lived with disability for people living with the health condition or its consequences.(AIHW, 2018)
  2. 4. when answering a SAC or Exam Question it is important to look at how many ______ it is worth.
  3. 7. When analysis data it is important to use _________ from the graph in your justification
  4. 8. Australia’s youth generally experience e____________ health status.
  5. 9. expectancy, __________ _________________ the number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates do not change. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth. (AIHW, 2018)
  6. 12. True or False - Life expectancy and death rates are continually improving for Australia’s youth.
  7. 13. , ______________ Indicators statistics that are used to measure and compare health status (e.g. life expectancy, mortality rates, morbidity rates)
  8. 14. Metro/Rural have a higher life expectancy
Down
  1. 1. ______________ is the number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time (AIHW, 2008)
  2. 2. ______________ health status is based on an individual’s own perception of their health and wellbeing.
  3. 4. ___________ is ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population (often expressed through incidence, prevalence) (AIHW, 2018)
  4. 5. _____________ refers to death, particularly at a population level.
  5. 6. ________________ is the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given period
  6. 10. of life lost, ____ ____ ____ ____ (YLL) a measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death
  7. 11. of disease, ______ ____ __________ a measure of the impact of diseases and injuries; specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called the DALY. (VCAA)