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Glasglow effect
lower life expectancy of residents of Glasgow compared to the rest of the United Kingdom and Europe
Social Determinants of Health
Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age
Single biggest predictor of the birthweight of a baby is the…
Level of educational attainment of the mother
Health status indicators: Maternal mortality ratio
Number of women who as a result of pregnancy or childbirth complications per 100,000 live birth in a given year
Health status indicators: Neonatal mortality rate
The number of death of infants under 28 days of age in a given year per 1000 live births that year
Health status indicators: Infant mortality rate
The number of death of infants under age 1 per 1000 live births in a given year
Health status indicators: Under-five mortality rate
The probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age 5 expressed as a number per 1000 live births
Health status indicators: Life expectancy at birth
The average number of years a newborn baby could expect to live if current mortality trends were to continue for the rest of the newborn's life
Death rate
The number of deaths per 1000 population in a given year
Morbidity
The presence of illness or disease
Prevalence
The number of people suffering from a certain health condition over a specific time period (number of total existing cases)
Point prevalence
The proportion of a population that is diseased at a single point in time
Incidence rate
the number of people getting disease per 1000 population at risk, for a given period of time
Disability
temporary or long-term reduction in a person's capacity to function
vital registration
recording of births, deaths, and causes of deaths
World region: EAP
East Asia Pacific
World region: ECA
Europe Central Asia
World region: LAC
Latin America Caribbean
World region: MENA
Middle East North Africa
World region: SA
South Asia
World region: OECD
Organization fro Economic Cooperation and Development
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