Global Health Lesson 2 Review

What is the purpose of "health status indicators"?

• to measure the health of a population

• to rate the healthcare system of a country

• to measure the health of an individual

• to rate the healthcare systems of the whole world

The authority for health within the United Nations system is called the

• WHO

• CDC

• UNICEF

• UNESCO

What is shown on the map?

• WHO regions

• continents

• states

• countries

Polio is still a worrisome problem in

• The United States

• Pakistan

• Germany

• China

These give information about what conditions a population suffers from and which of the conditions causes people to be sick or disabled, or to die

• health status indicators

• global health metrics

• medical statistics

• public health information

Which of the following questions can health status indicators NOT answer?

• What health conditions are people suffering from?

• Which of these conditions causes people to be sick, disabled, or even die?

• How fast is a disease spreading?

• Is this disease caused by a virus or a bacteria?

Which of the following is tracked by the WHO?

• life expectancy

• infant mortality

• maternal mortality

• the number of people that die before reaching age 60

• average height and weight

Life expectancy can depend on

• when and where someone is born

• where someone is born

• when someone is born

Adult mortality rate is typically expressed as

• number of deaths of people 15-60 per 1,000

• number of deaths of people 15-60 per 1,000,000

• total number of deaths of people 15-60

Mortality rate can also be called

• birth rate

• death rate

• rate of illness

• rate fo injury

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