Question

Explain the importance of using rates to measure the frequency of a health event.

Answer 1

It is extremely important to use rates in a health event as it provides the accurate measure of a population in a given period of time.For example, 70 out of 1000 people developed cataract over 10 years.Here there is a given population( 1000) among which 70 people have developed the disease over a given period ( 10 years). It is extremely important measure certain incidence or prevalence of a disease or even the mortality rate in a given population in terms of health indicator of a country as it is more accurate and easy to define.