A nurse is investigating the overall health status of a population. Which of the following indica-tors would most likely be used by the nurse?
a. Life expectancy
b. Health status
c. Morbidity rate
d. Prevalence
ANS: A
Life expectancy is a measure that is often used to gauge the overall health of a population. Health status indicators are the quantitative or qualitative measures used to describe the level of well-being or illness present in a defined population or to describe related attributes or risk fac-tors. Morbidity measures rate of disability or illness. Prevalence is the proportion of the popula-tion that has a specific disease or illness.
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