COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING II
RATES AND RATIO
RATE – shows the relationship between a vital event and those persons exposed to the occurrence of the said event, within a given area and
during a specified unit of time.
RATIO – is used to describe the relationshio between two numerical quantities or measures of events without taking particular considerations to
the time or place.
CRUDE AND GENERAL RATES – referred to the total living population.
SPECIFIC RATE – the relationship is for a specific population or group or class.
CRUDE BIRTH RATE – measure of one characteristics of the natural growth or increase of a population.
Total number of live births registered∈a givencalendar year
CBR= × 1000
Estimated population as of July 1 of the same year
CRUDE DEATH RATE – measure of one mortality from all causes which may result in a decrease in the population
Total number of deathsregistered ∈a given calendar year
CD R= × 1000
Estimated population as of July 1 of the same year
INFANT MORTALITY RATE – measures the risk of dying during the 1st year of life.
Total number of deathsunder 1 year of age registrered ∈a givencalendar year
IMR= ×1000
Total number of registered live births o f the same year
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE – measures the risk of dying from causes related to pregnancy, child birth and puerperium.
M MR=Total number of deaths ¿ maternal causes registrered∈ a given calendar year ¿
Total number of registered liv
FETAL DEATH RATE – measures the pregnancy wastage.
Total number of fetal deathsregistrered ∈a givencalendar year
FD R= ×1000
Total number of registered live births of the same year
NEONATAL DEATH RATE – Measures the risk of dying in the 1st month of life
Total number of deathsunder 28 days of age registrered∈ a given calendar year
N DR= × 1000
Total number of registered live births of the same year
SPECIFIC DEATH RATE – describes more accurately the risk of exposure of certain classes or group to particular diseases.
Deaths∈specific class∨group registrered ∈a given calendar year
S DR= ×1000
Estimated total number of population of specific class∨groupas of July 1 of the same year
CAUSE SPEFICIC DEATH RATE
Deaths ∈specific cause registrered ∈a given calendar year
CS DR= × 1000
Estimated total number of population as of July 1 of the same year
INCIDENCE RATE
number of NEW cases of particular disease registered duringa specified period of time
IR= ×100,000
Estimated total number of population as of July 1of the same year
PREVALENCE RATE
number of NEW ∧OLD casesof particular disease registered during a specified period of time
P R= ×100,000
Total number of personsexamined at the same given time
CASE FATALITY RATIO – index of a killing power of a disease and influenced by incomplete reporting and poor morbidity data
CFR=n umber of registered deaths¿ a specific disease for a given year ¿ same specific d
Number of registered cases¿
Reference: The white book: Public Health Nursing in the Philippines
Prepared by:
Kristelle Lynne O. Manlapas, RN MANc
Love Nursing
