Deck 2: Health Status

Question 1

Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 55+?

A) Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
B) Injuries, cancer, congenital anomalies, homicide
C) Unintentional injury, cancer, heart disease, suicide
D) Heart disease, cancer, stroke

Answer 1

Heart disease, cancer, stroke

Question 2

Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 35-44?

A) Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
B) Injuries, cancer, congenital anomalies, homicide
C) Unintentional injury, cancer, heart disease, suicide
D) Heart disease, cancer, stroke

Answer 2

Unintentional injury, cancer, heart disease, suicide

Question 3

Which country had the highest rated health care system in 2000, according to WHO?

A) United States
B) Great Britain
C) France
D) Canada

Answer 3

France

Question 4

Which of the following is a psychological measure of health?

A) Blood pressure
B) The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
C) White blood cell count
D) Temperature

Question 5

National health status is often measured by calculating which of the following?

A) Disability-adjusted life expectancy
B) Infant mortality rate
C) Years of healthy life
D) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is a physiological measure of health?

A) Blood pressure
B) Temperature
C) White blood cell count
D) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following is the number one risk factor for premature death?

A) Diabetes
B) Obesity
C) Smoking
D) Genetic history

Question 8

Young children are more likely to die because of which of the following?

A) Injuries
B) Cancer
C) Congenital anomalies
D) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 1-14?

A) Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
B) Injuries, cancer, congenital anomalies, homicide
C) Unintentional injury, cancer, heart disease, suicide
D) Heart disease, cancer, stroke

Question 10

Which of the following is a true statement?

A) Hispanics and blacks are more likely to report good health than whites.
B) White males are more susceptible to firearm-related deaths and HIV infection.
C) Blacks have higher rates of heart disease and strokes than do whites.
D) Most of the morbidity and mortality difference between the races is due to racial and genetic factors.

Question 11

Which of the following is true regarding disability rates?

A) The poor have higher rates of disability than the non-poor.
B) Older people have lower disability rates than younger people.
C) Women have lower disability rates than men.
D) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 15-34?

A) Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
B) Injuries, cancer, congenital anomalies, homicide
C) Unintentional injury, cancer, heart disease, suicide
D) Heart disease, cancer, stroke

Question 13

Which of the following factors was NOT considered by WHO when ranking and comparing nations' health care systems in 2000?

A) Health
B) Responsiveness
C) Health Care Expenditure per Capita
D) Number of uninsured

Question 14

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that how many adults suffer from any mental disorder?

A) One in four
B) One in ten
C) One in 20
D) One in 100

Question 15

Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 45-54?

A) Cancer, heart disease, unintentional injury, liver disease
B) Injuries, cancer, congenital anomalies, homicide
C) Unintentional injury, cancer, heart disease, suicide
D) Heart disease, cancer, stroke
Completion
Complete each statement.

Question 16

Which of the following is true regarding mortality rates?

A) The poor have lower death rates than the non-poor.
B) Older people have lower death rates than younger people.
C) Female mortality rates are lower than male mortality rates.
D) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a major challenge in measuring health status?

A) It may be difficult to identify and measure all aspects of health status.
B) Mortality data are collected from death certificates and are easy to measure.
C) Answers based on hypothetical health states may not reflect what a person will actually believe if he or she is ever in that state.
D) No one measure is sufficient, yet it is also difficult to determine the relative importance of each measure.

Question 18

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the rate of infant deaths (from live birth to 1 year) per __live births.

Question 19

Traditional measures of health include which of the following?

A) Mortality rates
B) Morbidity rates
C) Self-rated health status
D) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of the leading causes of death?

A) Heart disease
B) Cancer
C) Stroke
D) Diabetes

Question 21

Match the term with the definition or description:
Calculated by subtracting the total number of sick and disabled days and years from the average life expectancy

A)living
B)morbidity rate
C)mortality rate
D)prevalence
E)quality-adjusted life years
F)years of healthy life

Question 22

Match the term with the definition:
The rate of infant deaths (from live birth to 1 year) per 1,000 live births

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 23

Examples of the __of social problems that influence health status are juvenile violent crime arrests, single-parent families, teen suicides, births to unmarried women, number or percentage of children on welfare or in poverty, and prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse.

Question 24

__health indicators include measures of infertility, proportion of the population living alone, percentage of children who are immunized, marriage and divorce rates, unemployment rates, and smoking rates.

Question 25

Match the term with the definition:
Measures the number of new cases of a disease over a period of time

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 26

Match the term with the definition or description:
Measures the number of people in a population who have a disease at one point in time per 100,000 people

A)living
B)morbidity rate
C)mortality rate
D)prevalence
E)quality-adjusted life years
F)years of healthy life

Question 27

Years of healthy life (or healthy life years) and quality-adjusted life years (QALY) measure both quantity and __of a person's healthy life.

Question 28

Match the term with the definition:
Calculated by subtracting the total number of sick and disabled days and years from the average life expectancy

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 29

Match the term with the definition:
Measure a person's ability to perform basic personal care tasks such as walking, bathing, dressing, toileting, and feeding oneself

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 30

Match the term with the definition:
The average number of years that people in a given population live

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 31

Match the term with the definition:
Life goal of living a long and healthy life and then becoming acutely sick toward the end and dying quickly

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 32

Smoking has a __effect, meaning the higher the dose (or the more you smoke), the more likely the outcome (heart attack rate).

Question 33

Mortality rates can be adjusted for age, ______, race, and other characteristics of the population to make the rates comparable across these factors.

Question 34

Match the term with the definition:
The level of health of a person, group, or nation

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 35

A __rate is one of the earliest "formal" measures of health and is still one of the most commonly used measures of health.

Question 36

Morbidity rates measure the number of people in a population who have a disease at one point in time per __people.

Question 37

One quality-adjusted life year equals ___ year of perfect health.

Question 38

Match the term with the definition or description:
Measures the number of total cases of a disease (existing and new) over a period of time

A)living
B)morbidity rate
C)mortality rate
D)prevalence
E)quality-adjusted life years
F)years of healthy life

Question 39

__are treatments that may have a beneficial or negative impact on more people than just the one receiving the treatment.

Question 40

Match the term with the definition:
Measure ability to accomplish more independent tasks such as cleaning, shopping, managing finances, preparing meals, and using the telephone

A)activities of daily living (ADLs)
B)compressed morbidity
C)disability-adjusted life expectancy
D)health status
E)incidence
F)infant mortality rate (IMR)
G)instrumental activities of daily living (IDLs)
H)life expectancy

Question 41

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
The description focuses on prepayment of health care rather than out-of-pocket payment, and government financing of a "progressive" system where the wealthier pay more than the nonwealthy.

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System

Question 42

Match the term with the definition or description:
Measures of quality include medicalization of social problems, community health indicators, years of healthy life, also called quality-adjusted life years, and disability-adjusted life years

A)living
B)morbidity rate
C)mortality rate
D)prevalence
E)quality-adjusted life years
F)years of healthy life

Question 43

Match the term with the definition or description:
Calculates the incidence of death per year per 1,000 or 100,000 people

A)living
B)morbidity rate
C)mortality rate
D)prevalence
E)quality-adjusted life years
F)years of healthy life

Question 44

Match the term with the definition or description:
Often used in cost-effectiveness calculations to determine whether a health care treatment provides a sufficient improvement in health for the amount of money that it costs

A)living
B)morbidity rate
C)mortality rate
D)prevalence
E)quality-adjusted life years
F)years of healthy life

Question 45

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
A subjective ranking of a nation's "achievement relative to its resources."

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System

Question 46

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
Respect for the person, confidentiality, autonomy, prompt attention, proper amenities, access to social support networks, and choice of provider.

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System

Question 47

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
Five components are weighted: 25 percent for level of health, 25 percent for distribution of health, 12.5 percent for level of responsiveness, 12.5 percent for distribution of responsiveness, and 25 percent for fairness of financial contribution.

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System

Question 48

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
A measure that takes into consideration all three criteria.

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System

Question 49

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
International dollar estimate of average amount spent per person in a nation on health care.

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System

Question 50

Match the attribute used in ranking nations' health-care systems with the description:
Disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) and the Distribution of life expectancy at birth throughout the population.

A)Health
B)Responsiveness
C)Fairness in Financial Contribution
D)Overall Goal Attainment
E)Health Care Expenditure per Capita
F)Performance on Level of Health
G)Performance on Health System