Health Hygiene & Sanitation

Lesson 06 : Indicators Of Health Cont...

Socio-Economic Indicators

These also do not measure health directly. Nevertheless they are very important in interpretation of indicators of health care. These include

1. Rate of population increase
2. Per capita GNP
3. Level of unemployment
4. Dependency ratio
5. Literacy rates-female literacy
6. Family size
7. Housing-density of population at household level
8. Per capita calorie availability