Systematic approach for obtaining, organizing, and analyzing numerical facts so that conclusions may be
drawn. - correct answer ✔✔Statistics
the application of statistical method and techniques to the study of vital facts such as birth, death,
population, illness, marriages, and divorce. - correct answer ✔✔Vital Statistics
methods applied in order to summarize and present data in a form which will be analyzed and interpret.
- correct answer ✔✔Descriptive statistics
numbers required in the planning, administration and evaluation of health programs - correct answer
✔✔health statistics
includes births, deaths, and morbidity - correct answer ✔✔vital statistics
is the result of dividing one quantity by another quantity. It is a single number that represents the
relative size of two numbers. - correct answer ✔✔ratio
a/b (k) - correct answer ✔✔ratio takes the form of
is a special type of ratio in which the numerator is part of the denominator - correct answer
✔✔proportion
a/a+b (k) - correct answer ✔✔proportion
This refers to the frequency of occurrence of events over a given interval of time - correct answer
✔✔rate
, defined as the number of events that occur within a given time interval divided by the number of the
members of population who are exposed to the risk of the event during the same time interval - correct
answer ✔✔incidence rate
measures how fast people are added to the population through births - correct answer ✔✔CFR (Crude
Birth Rate)
number of registered livebirths in a year / midyear population x 1000 - correct answer ✔✔CBR
This rate is affected by: fertility/marriage patterns, sex and age composition of a population and birth
registration practice. - correct answer ✔✔CBR
is a more specific rate than the crude birth rate since births are related to the segment of the population
deemed to be capable of giving birth. - correct answer ✔✔GFR (General Fertility Rate)
number of registered livebirths in a year / midyear population of women 15-44 years of age x 1000 -
correct answer ✔✔GFR
gives the rate with which mortality occurs in a given population - correct answer ✔✔CDR (Crude Death
Rate)
number of deaths in a calendar year / midyear population x1000 - correct answer ✔✔CDR
age and sex composition of the population
adverse environmental and occupational conditions
peace and order conditions of a place
are factors that affect..... - correct answer ✔✔CDR
show rates of dying in specific population groups. - correct answer ✔✔Specific Mortality Rates
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