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Question
Differentiate between human morbidity and human mortality.
Distinguish Between
Solution
| Morbidity | Mortality | |
| 1. | morbidity refers to the level of health and well-being | mortality is related to the risk of death |
| 2. | Morbidity refers to an individual's unhealthy state. | Mortality refers to the state of being mortal |
| 3. | MorbidityTate looks at the incidence of a disease across a population and/ or a geographic location during a single year | The mortality rate is the rate of death in a population. The two are often used together to calculate the prevalence of a disease, for example, measles, and how likely that disease is to be deadly, particularly for certain demographics. |
| 4. | The mortality rate in India has decreased generally, leading to significant gains in life expectancy. | What has happened to morbidity is yet to be assessed. |
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