Vital Statistics

• Refers to the systematic study of vital events such as births, illnesses, marriages, divorces, separation and deaths

  Vital Statistics
• Indicate the state of health of a community and the success or failure of health work

  Morbidity (disease) and Mortality (death)
• Indices of the health and illness status of a community

  Vital Statistics
• Serves as bases for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating CHN programs and services

  Vital Statistics
• Shows the relationship between vital event and those persons exposed to the occurrence of said event within a given area and during a specified unit of time

  Rate
• used to describe the relationship between two numerical quantities or measure of events without taking particular considerations to the time or place

  Ratio
• Good index of the general health condition of a community

  Infant Mortality Rate
• A measure of one characteristic of the natural growth or increase of population

  Crude Birth Rate
• A measure of one mortality from all causes which may result in a decrease of population

  Crude Death Rate
• Measures the risk of dying from causes related to pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium

  Maternal Mortality Rate
• Index of the obstetrical care needed and received by women in a community

  Maternal Mortality Rate
• Measures pregnancy wastage

  Fetal Death Rate
• Death of the product of conception occurs prior to its complete expulsion, irrespective of duration of pregnancy

  Fetal Death Rate
• Measures the risk of dying 1st month

  Neonatal Death Rate
• More accurate measure of the risk of exposure

  Attack Rate
• Index of a killing power of a disease and is influenced by incomplete reporting and poor morbidity data

  Case Fatality Ratio
• Measures the frequency of occurrence of the phenomenon during a given period of time (new cases)

  Incidence Rate
• Measures the proportion of population which exhibits a particular disease at a particular time (new and old cases)

  Prevalence Rate