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Explain each of the following means of measuring health or health status

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Explain each of the following means of measuring health or health status.

• Mortality rates. What is the difference among crude, adjusted, and specific rates?

• Life expectancy

• Years of potential life lost (YPLL)

• Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)

• Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)

• Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)

• Health surveys