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    This document discusses key concepts in biostatistics including: 1) Classifying different types of variables as qualitative or quantitative, and further categorizing quantitative variables as discrete or continuous. 2) Describing how variables can be measured using nominal, ordinal, and ratio scales of measurement. 3) Indicating whether examples are techniques of descriptive or inferential statistics. It also covers demographic measures like population size, birth and death rates, and interpreting indicators like age-dependency ratio and sex ratio. Finally, it presents health data and defines several health indicators that can be computed from this data, such as crude birth/death rates, infant/neonatal mortality rates, and tuberculosis morbidity and mortality

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    This document discusses key concepts in biostatistics including: 1) Classifying different types of variables as qualitative or quantitative, and further categorizing quantitative variables as discrete or continuous. 2) Describing how variables can be measured using nominal, ordinal, and ratio scales of measurement. 3) Indicating whether examples are techniques of descriptive or inferential statistics. It also covers demographic measures like population size, birth and death rates, and interpreting indicators like age-dependency ratio and sex ratio. Finally, it presents health data and defines several health indicators that can be computed from this data, such as crude birth/death rates, infant/neonatal mortality rates, and tuberculosis morbidity and mortality

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    NATURE OF BIOSTATISTICS (pp.

    7-9)

    1.1 For each of the following variables, indicate whether it is qualitative or quantitative. For
    quantitative variables, further categorize them into either the discrete or continuous type.

    a. sex
    b. hospital bed capacity
    c. blood glucose level (in mg/100 ml)
    d. systolic blood pressure
    e. height (in cms.)
    f. blood type
    g. per capita income
    h. household size
    i. mid-upper arm circumference (in cms.)
    j. region

    1.2 Describe how each of the following variables can be measured using the nominal, ordinal and
    ratio scale of measurements:

    a. socio-economic status
    b. nutritional status
    c. anemia status
    d. educational attainment
    e. distance of household from the nearest health center

    1.3 Indicate whether each of the following is a technique or tool in descriptive or inferential
    statistics:

    a. bar graph of the ten leading causes of morbidity in Manila

    b. an estimate of the proportion of 3 malnourished preschoolers derived from a


    prevalence survey

    c. mean birthweight of babies delivered by a particular midwife in 1994

    d. range of values of hemoglobin levels of pregnant women who came for pre-natal care at
    the Rural Health Unit

    e. a X2 test applied to survey data to determine whether there is an association between


    working status of the mother and the type of infant feeding used

    DEMOGRAPHY

    2.1 The following problems refer to the data presented in Table 5.10
    Table 5.10 Crude Birth and Death Rates and Population
    Counts of Cebu Province in 1985 and 1990.
    1985 1990
    1
    Population Size 1,365,533 1,552,258
    Crude Birth Rate2 24.9 28.1
    Crude Death Rate2 6.6 5.6

    Determine the following:

    a. relative increase in the population of Cebu Province between 1985 and 1990;
    b. absolute increase per year during the same period
    c. natural increase in the Cebu population for 1985 and 1990
    d. rate of natural increase for 1985 and 1990
    e. Using the exponential growth assumption, what would be the annual rate of growth in the
    population during the period?

    2.2 Interpret the meaning of the following demographic measures:


    a. Age-Dependency Ratio = 105
    b. Sex Ratio = 92
    c. Median Age = 16.5 yrs.

    50% of the population are aged 16.5 years or less, while the other 50% of the population are aged
    higher than that

    HEALTH INDICATORS (pp. 122-125)

    3.1 The following data are taken from the 1985 Philippine Health Statistics Report:
    Number
    Total males 27,437,246
    Total females 27,231,086
    Females aged 15-44 years 12,913,036
    Total deaths 334,663
    Maternal deaths 1,489
    Deaths under 1 year 54,613
    Deaths under 28 days 22,343
    Deaths due to tuberculosis 31,650
    Total livebirths 1,437,154
    Tuberculosis cases 153,406

    *Midyear population = 27,437,246 + 27,231,086 = 54,668,332

    Uing the information given, compute and interpret the following health indicators:

    a. crude birth rate


    b. crude death rate
    c. general fertility rate
    d. infant mortality rate
    e. neonatal mortality rate
    f. post-natal mortality rate
    g. maternal mortality rate
    h. mortality rate from tuberculosis
    i. morbidity rate from tuberculosis
    j. case fatality rate from tuberculosis

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