Charting the Nation's Health: Trends Since 1960U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, 1985 - 24 pages |
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Page 23 - A live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered live born.
Page 22 - Terms Relating to Disability.") Terms Relating to Disability Disability.- Disability is the general term used to describe any temporary or long-term reduction of a person's activity as a result of an acute or chronic condition.
Page 23 - Life Expectancy The average number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age, based on a given set of age-specific death rates, generally the mortality conditions existing in the period mentioned.
Page 23 - These cut points were used because they represent the sex-specific 85th percentiles for persons 20-29 years of age in the 1976-80 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Page 23 - General Surgery Neurological Surgery Obstetrics and Gynecology Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Plastic Surgery Colon and Rectal Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology...
Page 22 - Cause of death: For the purpose of national mortality statistics, every death is attributed to one underlying condition, based on information reported on the death certificate and using the international rules for selecting the underlying cause of death from the reported conditions.
Page 24 - Survey are those in which the average length of stay is less than 30 days. The...
Page 23 - Incidence — Incidence is the number of cases of disease having their onset during a prescribed period of time. It is often expressed as a rate (for example, the incidence of measles per 1,000 children 5-15 years of age during a specified year). Incidence is a measure of morbidity or other events that occur within a specified period of time.
Page 22 - According to the World Health Organization, these hospitals provide medical and nursing care for more than one category of medical discipline (eg, general medicine, specialized medicine, general surgery, specialized surgery, and obstetrics).
Page 23 - Physician visit. -A physician visit is defined as consultation with a physician, in person or by telephone, for examination, diagnosis, treatment, or advice. The visit is considered to be a physician visit if the service is provided directly by the physician or by a nurse or other person acting under a physician's supervision. For the purpose of this definition "physician" includes doctors of medicine and osteopathic physicians.