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KMID : 1044620190520010014
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
2019 Volume.52 No. 1 p.14 ~ p.20
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Health Indicators Related to Disease, Death, and Reproduction
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Choi Jeoung-Bin
Ki Mo-Ran
Kwon Ho-Jang
Park Bo-Young
Bae Sang-Hyuk
Oh Chang-Mo
Chun Byung-Chul
Oh Gyung-Jae
Lee Young-Hoon
Lee Tae-Yong
Cheong Hae-Kwan
Choi Bo-Youl
Park Jung-Han
Park Sue-K.
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Abstract
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One of the primary goals of epidemiology is to quantify various aspects of a population’s health, illness, and death status and the determinants (or risk factors) thereof by calculating health indicators that measure the magnitudes of various conditions. There has been some confusion regarding health indicators, with discrepancies in usage among organizations such as the World Health Organization the, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the CDC of other countries, and the usage of the relevant terminology may vary across papers. Therefore, in this review, we would like to propose appropriate terminological definitions for health indicators based on the most commonly used meanings and/or the terms used by official agencies, in order to bring clarity to this area of confusion. We have used appropriate examples to make each health indicator easy for the reader to understand. We have included practical exercises for some health indicators to help readers understand the underlying concepts.
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KEYWORD
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Epidemiology, Health indicators, Terminology, Concept
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