Gourdis: Chapter 4 :
Measures of Mortality
- mortality rates
total deaths / midpoint population
- age specific death rate
- disease or cause specific death rate
number of deaths from disease in year / midyear population
- case facility rate
percentage of people diagnosed as having certain disease who die
è denominator : at risk versus having the disease
- Proportionate mortality
number of deaths from disease / total deaths
- Years of potential life lost
- mortality
o good reflection of incidence rate under two conditions
§ case fatality is high
§ duration of disease (survival) is short
- Problems with mortality data
o underlying cause
- comparing mortality in different populations
o age is single most important predictor of mortality
o can adjust for
§ age
§ sex
§ socioeconomic status
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