HEALTH INDICES

I. Measures of Disease Frequency

A. Prevalence
1. Point VS period prevalence
2. Factors influencing prevalence
B. Incidence
1. Cumulative Incidence (CI)
2. Incidence Density (ID) or Incidence Rate (IR)

II. Vital Statistical Rates and Ratios

A. Natality rates
1. Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
2. General Fertility Rate (GFR)
B. Fertility Rates
1. CBR, GFR
2. Age-specific Fertility Rates
3. Total Fertility Rate
4. Gross Reproduction Rate
C. Mortality Rates
1. Crude Death Rate
2. Age-specific Mortality Rate
3. Cause-specific mortality Rate
4. Mortality rates in children
a. Infant Mortality Rate
b. Perinatal Mortality Rate
c. Neonatal Mortality Rate
d. Post-neonatal Mortality Rate
e. Child Mortality Rate
5. Maternal Mortality Rate
a. Direct MMR
b. Indirect MMR
6. Proportionate Mortality Rate
7. Case Fatality Rate
8. Swaroop’s Index

III. Civil Registry and Vital Statistics

A. Birth Certificate (COB, COLB)
B. Death Certificate (COD, COFD, etc)
C. Vital Statistics Registry
D. Census