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CH 6: Mortality & Morbidity - Coggle Diagram
CH 6: Mortality & Morbidity
1.) Mortality & Morbidity:
Mortality- the depletion of a population through death
Morbidity- the occurrence of illness in a population
Death- the irreversible cessation of
Total cerebral function
Spontaneous function of the respiratory system
Spontaneous function of the circulatory system
2.) Measuring Mortality & Morbidity:
Mortality Rates- general mortality, cause specific mortality, & age specific mortality
Morbidity Rates- prevalence and incidence
Death in demography is verified in writing
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)- a statistical classification of diseases by the WHO
3.)Analyzing Infant Mortality:
Fetal Death Rates
IMR's for minorities are twice as high as they are for European Americans
Materanal Mortality Rates
4.) Mortality in the US:
The IMR has declined tenfold in the last century
The effects of inequality are still felt, experienced and are obvious looking at the mortality and morbidity rates between AA and EA
Cause-specific death significantly higher in “the stroke belt” which consists of the coastal plain regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia & 5 other southern states
Suicide is becoming a greater concern and is the eighth-leading cause of death in the general U.S.
population
3.) Other Rates:
Specific Death Rate (SDR)
Age specific rates: Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Child Mortality Rate (CMR), and Post-neonatal Mortality
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
4.) Global Mortality:
Stage 1: Universally high general and infant mortality rates
Stage 2: Receding Pandemic = a decrease in the prevalence of diseases from the first stage
Stage 3: Industrialized nations have become what they are today as a result of improvements in the standard of living, infection fighting public health methods, vaccines and antibiotics. Now we face degenerative and human-induced diseases such as cancer and hypertension.