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Chapter 6 (Mortality: refers to the process of the depletion of a…
Chapter 6
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Specific death rates
Age-specific death rate (ASDR): ASDR = (D/P) x 1,000
Prevalence: measures indicate the proportion of individuals in a population who have a specific disease at a particular point in time or during a specified interval
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Incidence: the number cases of a disease newly diagnosed during a specified period of time, usually one year
The most straightforward demographic measure of illness is the simple proportion of those affected, symbolized by “pr,” where pr = number of individuals with particular disease/total population size
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Annual crude death rate (CDR): CDR = (D/P) x 1,000
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Stroke belt: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and five other southern states
Epidemiological transition: this period and the elimination of the traditional causes of high mortality associated with it
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