Week 9 slideset (and embedded links and videos within slide set)
All documents posted in Weekly Content Folder
Watch (all located in weekly content folder):
Years of Potential Life Lost (4:18)
Unraveling the Mystery of Black-White Differences in Infant Mortality (5:52)
Researchers Find Higher Infant Morbidity and Mortality Rates Among NYC Hospitals (1:24)
Maternal Mortality in America and the crisis for rural women (10:37)
Answer the following Questions and upload them to this assignment (read details above):
Choose two countries (one developed and one developing) from the WHO database: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/countries
Compare and contrast their Neonatal Mortality rate, Infant Mortality Rate, and Under-five mortality rate. What differences or similiarities did you discover and why do you think this is>
Go to the following site: https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/leading-health-indicators
Explore the leading health indicators and locate one that is getting better and one that is getting worse. What are they and what changes have taken place (be sure to include the years and what the TARGET rate is (ie: 20.2 per 100,000).
Go to the National Vital Statistics Report and click on the report for 2019: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm
Explore the report and give a general summary of what information the report provides. Look at some of the charts and give a few examples of the data presented.
Based on the videos, what are some of the issues associated with infant mprbidity and mortality rates in the US? What are some ways that could help address these issues?
Define and describe years of potential life lost and explain why this is an important measure?
What are some issues facing rural woman and maternal mortality in the US based on the Linda Robinson video?