Which of the following estimating the burden of a disease in the community is: (A) Disease specific mortality, (B) Proportional mortality rate, (C) Maternal mortality rate, (D) Child mortality rate
Answer is B. (Proportional mortality rate) (23 - Park 19th) (25, 54-Park 20th)Proportional mortality rate - The simplest measures of estimating the burden of a disease in the community is proportional mortality rate i.e. - the proportion of all deaths currently attributed to it.* The proportional mortality rate from communicable disease has been suggested as a useful health status indicator* It indicate the magnitude of preventable mortality