Community Nutrition

COMMUNITY NUTRITION 3 (1+2)

Lesson 7 : Assessment of Nutritional Status Based on Vital Statistics

Morbidity rates

Morbidity relates to types and varieties of diseases one faces or experiences affecting the day to day activity. It can be incidence rate or prevalence rate of a specific disease.

1. Incidence rate:
   
   

   Incidence rate (per cent) =

   
   
2. Prevalence rate:
   
   

   Point Prevalence rate =

   
   

   Period Prevalence rate=