What factors do health researchers use to measure health care in a society? Name and describe at least four
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1. Life expectancy: an estimate of the average life span of people born in a specific year.
2. Infant mortality rate: the number of deaths of infants younger than 1 year of age per 1,000 live births in a given year.
3. Maternal mortality rate: the number of deaths of pregnant or new mothers either before, during, or immediately following childbirth, per 1,000 births in a given year.
4. Chronic diseases: long-term or lifelong diseases that develop gradually or are present at birth (rates are calculated as proportion to the population * per 1,000, 100,000, or 1 million).
5. Acute diseases: diseases that strike suddenly and may cause severe illness, incapacitation, or even death.
6. Infectious diseases: diseases that are caused by infectious agents such as viruses or bacteria.
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