Health status indicators and data sources

What this note covers

1. Why we measure health: the role of indicators in population health
2. Mortality rates: measuring death in a population
3. Morbidity rates: measuring illness and disease
4. Burden of disease and the DALY framework
5. Life expectancy: a summary measure of survival
6. Self-assessed health: the subjective dimension
7. Using indicators together: evaluating health inequity in Australia

7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes