NURS 403 - Global Health Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
what is health related to throughout the world? -
correct answer ✅wealth
what do leading causes of death depend on? -
correct answer ✅national economic status
top 10 killers in U.S. -
correct answer ✅1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. lower respiratory disease
4. unintentional injury/accidents
5. stroke (CVD) -- decreased; was 3rd previously
6. Alzheimer's
7. Diabetes
8. influenza & pneumonia
9. nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
10. intentional self-harm (suicide)
top 10 killers worldwide -
correct answer ✅1. ischaemic heart disease
, NURS 403 - Global Health Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
2. stroke
3. lower respiratory infection
4. COPD
5. diarrheal dosease
6. HIV/AIDS
7. trachea bronchus
8. DM
9. road injury
10. prematurity
disability-adjusted life year (DALY) -
correct answer ✅- combines mortality and morbidity into single
number
- calculated as the sum of the Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to the
premature mortality in the population and the Years Lost due to
Disability (YLD) for people living with the condition or its
consequences
- measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the cumulative
number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
what is health related to throughout the world? -
correct answer ✅wealth
what do leading causes of death depend on? -
correct answer ✅national economic status
top 10 killers in U.S. -
correct answer ✅1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. lower respiratory disease
4. unintentional injury/accidents
5. stroke (CVD) -- decreased; was 3rd previously
6. Alzheimer's
7. Diabetes
8. influenza & pneumonia
9. nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
10. intentional self-harm (suicide)
top 10 killers worldwide -
correct answer ✅1. ischaemic heart disease
, NURS 403 - Global Health Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
2. stroke
3. lower respiratory infection
4. COPD
5. diarrheal dosease
6. HIV/AIDS
7. trachea bronchus
8. DM
9. road injury
10. prematurity
disability-adjusted life year (DALY) -
correct answer ✅- combines mortality and morbidity into single
number
- calculated as the sum of the Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to the
premature mortality in the population and the Years Lost due to
Disability (YLD) for people living with the condition or its
consequences
- measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the cumulative
number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death
