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RATES
(Vital Health Statistics)
Definition of Terms
ATTENDED - refers to the cases given medical care at any point in time
during the course of the illness which directly caused death. Medical
care may either be provided directly by a medical doctor or indirectly
by allied health care providers, i.e., nurses and midwives who are under
the direct supervision of a medical doctor. Otherwise, case is
categorized as “death unattended” .
Definition of Terms
CRUDE DEATH RATE (CDR) – is measure of one mortality from all causes
which may result in a decrease of population.
CRUDE or GENERAL RATES - These rates are referred to the total living
population. It must be presumed that the total population was exposed
to the risk of the occurrence of the event.
Definition of Terms
NFANT MORTALITY RATE (IMR) - Measures the risk of dying during the 1st
year of life. It is a good index of the general health condition of a
community since it reflects the changes in the environmental and medical
conditions of a community.
LATE FETAL DEATH – is the death of fetus with 28 or more completed weeks
of gestation
NEONATAL DEATH – is the death among live births during the first 28
completed days of life.
NEONATAL DEATH RATE (NDR) - Measures the risk of dying during the
1st month of life. May serve as index of the effects of prenatal care and
obstetrical management on the newborn
Raise the result to the number of periods that will elapse before
the projected time. For this example, if you want to project the
population of the city 10 years from now, raise 1.018 to the 10th
power to get 1.195302368 because the projected growth rate is
per year.
Multiply the result by the original population to find the
projected population.