Understanding Australia's Health
Across
- 4. The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a community or population at a given time
- 5. The impact of a particular disease or condition on an individual, community or population in relation to morbidity, injury, disability and premature death
- 8. The number of new cases of a particular disease or condition in a community or population within a given time
- 9. How we act, behave and interact with individuals in relationships and engage with society
- 11. Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population or individual
- 12. An individuals or populations overall state of health and takes into account aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease
- 14. A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing not merely the absence of disease
- 16. Populations which suffer higher mortality rates, lower life expectancy and higher hospitalisation rates for a number of diseases
- 18. Sun exposure, sexual behaviours and drug use
- 20. The level or rate of illness, disease, injury and disability in a population that reduce quality of life
- 22. The health of our mind and thought processes and the ability to control ones state of mind including emotions, feelings and stressors
- 23. The physical surroundings in which individuals exist on a daily basis
- 26. The number of years in full health that a new born can expect to live
Down
- 1. The number of years an individual is expected to live if current death rates continue
- 2. Deteminants that can lead to this are high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, smoking and alcohol
- 3. Years of life lost due to disability
- 5. Body weight, blood pressure and genetics
- 6. All external factors that impact on the health and development of an individual or group
- 7. Work and unemployment, education levels and income
- 10. The death rate in the population
- 13. The number of deaths occurring in children under the age of 5 per 1000 live births in a given population
- 15. The level of functioning of the body and its systems
- 17. An essentially healthy country
- 19. Activities aimed at improving health and preventing disease by enabling people to increase control over and improve their health
- 21. YLL + YLD
- 24. Years of life lost
- 25. These rates are higher in Indigenous Australians