Deck 3: The Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

Question 1

A HALE measures:

A) Life expectancy
B) How many more year's people have to live
C) Life expectancy, taking account of present rates of disability and mortality
D) How many years people live with a disability

Answer 1

C

Question 2

YLD refers to:

A) Years of life lost to premature death
B) Years of life lived with disability, calculated on a weighted basis
C) Years of live lived with disability
D) None of these are correct

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is false?

A) The burden of disease globally has shifted increasingly toward noncommunicable diseases
B) The burden of disease globally has shifted increasingly toward communicable diseases
C) The years of life lost due to diabetes has been increasing
D) The years of life lost due to premature death of children has been decreasing

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Population aging will cause a substantial increase in the burden of:

A) Nutritional conditions
B) Communicable diseases
C) Noncommunicable diseases
D) Communicable and noncommunicable diseases

Question 5

Globally over the last two decades, the number of children dying annually, under five years of age, has:

A) Increased
B) Decreased
C) Stayed about the same
D) Decreased only for those below 28 days of life

Question 6

The burden of disease in the United States most closely resembles which of the following?:

A) The United Kingdom
B) Argentina
C) Brazil
D) India

Question 7

Injuries generally make up what percentage of the burden of disease by region?

A) 5 to 7
B) 8-11
C) 20-23
D) 30-35

Question 8

Which of these is the most important risk factor for deaths globally?

A) High blood pressure
B) Unsafe water
C) Alcohol use
D) High sodium

Question 9

Which of the following burden of deaths globally is relatively more important for 10-19 year old's than for 0-5 year old's?

A) Self-harm
B) Road traffic injuries
C) Pneumonia
D) Both self-harm and pneumonia

Question 10

The leading cause of deaths for neonates globally is:

A) HIV
B) Diarrhea
C) Neonatal disorders
D) Sexually transmitted infections

Question 11

A DALY measures:

A)The sum of years spent in illness
B) The sum of years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability, calculated on a weighted basis
C) The sum of years lost to premature death and years spent in illness
D) The sum of years spent in disability

Question 12

Which of the following is true, on average globally?

A) Men live longer than women
B) Women live longer than men
C) Women and men have about the same life expectancy
D) Men spend more years living with disability than women do

Question 13

Which two conditions are among the top three causes of death globally?

A) Diabetes and ischemic heart disease
B) Ischemic heart disease and stroke
C) Chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D) Diabetes and COPD

Question 14

Which of the following are among the top three conditions that cause disability?

A) Low back pain and migraine
B) Skin Conditions
C) Anxiety disorders
D) COPD

Question 15

The years of life lost due to premature death from which of the following has increased over the last decade?

A) Malaria
B) Diabetes
C) Childhood pneumonia
D) Childhood diarrhea

Question 16

Which region has a burden of disease that is predominantly communicable, neonatal, nutritional, and maternal?

A) South Asia
B) The Middle East and North Africa
C) Sub-Saharan Africa
D) Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 17

Which of the following is the only communicable disease in the top ten causes of death in high-income countries?

A) HIV
B) Hepatitis
C) Lower respiratory infections
D) HPV

Question 18

The leading causes of death of children under one year of age globally are?

A) Neonatal conditions
B) Malaria
C) Measles
D) HIV

Question 19

The leading cause of death globally for females of all ages is:

A) Diabetes
B) Injuries
C) Ischemic heart disease
D) Maternal death

Question 20

Which factor is expected to have the greatest impact in the next two decades on the burden of disease?

A) Urbanization
B) Population aging
C) Population growth
D) Both Population aging and population growth