HEALTH indicators

Psychological Distress

Unpleasant feelings and emotions that affect an individual's level of functioning.

DALY

One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury

YLD

Years of life lost due to disability

YLL

Years of life lost

Incidence

The number of new cases of a condition during a given period of time.

Prevalence

the total number of cases of a disease/condition in a population over a specific period of time

Morbidity

Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.

Mortality

DEATH

self-assessed health status

An individual's own perception of their health and wellbeing.

Life expectancy

An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

Burden of disease

A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called the DALY.

Rates of hospitalisation

levels of ill health that require medical treatment

Hospital separation

An episode of hospital care that starts with admission and ends at transfer, discharge or death

Core activity limitation

an individual's limited ability to undertake daily activities or participate in core life areas of self-care, mobility, and communication

Mortality rate

number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time