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Demonstrate to
measure morbidity
and mortality
MORTALITY
MORTALITY FREQUENCE
MEASURES
TOPIC
PREVALENCE
RATE
MORBIDITY
INCIDENCE
RATE
RATE VS RATIO
INCIDENCE RATE
the most common way of measuring
and comparing the frequency of
disease in populations
PREVALENCE
• Numerator : all cases present during a
given time period
• Prevalence includes all persons ill from a
specified interval regardless of when the
illness began. It include not only new cases
but also old cases
• The factor that link incidence and
Inc vs Prev prevalence
Inc vs Prev rapidly cured or are fatal at an early stage, will have
a relatively low prevalence compared with their
incidence
AR =.........
SECONDARY ATTACK RATE ( SAR)
Calculate
AR
SAR
• AR = 7/70 X 100 = 10 %
• SAR = 5/25 X 100 = 20 %
MORTALITY RATES
• A sex-specific mortality
Sex
Education Marriage
level status
morta
Socioeco lity Health
nomic services
status status
Urban
or rural
Age
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