| Age-Standardised Rate |
Rate which has had the effect of differences
in age between populations removed by application of a statistical process. |
| Child Health System |
Database set up in the SEHB, the first phase
of which records details of all childbirths and immunisations in the region. |
| Confidence Interval |
The computed interval with a given probability
(in this instance 95%) that the true value of the variable is contained within the
interval. Confidence limits are the upper and lower boundaries of the interval. |
| Demography |
The study of populations, especially with
reference to size and density, fertility, mortality, age-distribution and vital statistics
and the interaction of all these with economic and social conditions. |
| Epidemiology |
The study of the distribution and determinants
of health related states or events in specified populations. |
| Health Gain |
Concerned with health status, both in terms of
increases in life expectancy and improvements in quality of life through the cure or
alleviation of illness or disability or through any other general improvement in the
health of the individual or the population at whom the service is directed. |
| Hospital In-Patient Enquiry
(HIPE) |
A computer based health information system
designed to collect medical, and administrative data regarding discharges and deaths from
acute hospitals (excluding private hospitals). |
| Incidence |
The number of new cases of a disease in a
defined population over a specific period of time. |
| Infant Mortality |
Death in children up to the first year of
life. |
| Morbidity |
Any departure, subjective or objective from a
state of physiological or psychological well-being. |
| Perinatal Mortality |
Deaths in children within the first seven days
of life including stillbirths from the twenty-eight week of gestation. |
| Premature Mortality |
Death before 65 years of age. |
| Prevalence |
The number of cases of a disease existing in a
given population at a specific period of time. |
| Screening |
The presumptive identification of disease or
defect by the application of tests, examinations or other procedures which can be applied
rapidly. |
| Social Gain |
Concerned with the broader aspects of the
quality of life. It includes, for example, the quality added to the lives of dependent
elderly people and their carers as a result of the provision of support services, or the
benefit to a child of living in an environment free of physical and psychological abuse. |
| Surveillance |
The process of continuous collection and
analysis of data and its subsequent dissemination to those who need to know. |
| Years of Potential Life Lost |
A measure of the relative impact of various
diseases and lethal (YPLL)forces on society. YPLL highlights the loss to society as a
result of youthful or early death. The figure for YPLL due to a particular cause is the
sum, over all persons dying from that cause, of the years that these persons would have
lived. |
| Frequently
Used Abbreviations |
| CCA |
Community Care Area |
| CCU |
Coronary Care Unit |
| CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
| CHS |
Child Health System |
| CPR |
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| CSO |
Central Statistics Office |
| DED |
District Electoral Division |
| ESRI |
Economic and Social Research
Institute |
| GMS |
General Medical Service |
| HIPE |
Hospital In-Patient Enquiry |
| HPU |
Health Promotion Unit |
| ICD |
International Classification of
Diseases |
| SEHB |
South Eastern Health Board |
| WRH |
Waterford Regional Hospital |
|
| Members of
the Public Health Department |
| Director of Public Health |
Dr. Orlaith O'Reilly |
| Specialists in Public Health |
Dr. Anthony N. DeSouza
Dr. Paul Gannon
Dr. Martin O'Boyle
Dr. Maire O'Connor |
| Senior Area Medical Officer |
Dr. Julie Heslin |
| Information Officer |
Mr. Daniel Flynn |
| Clerical Officers |
Ms. Martina Holden
Ms. Margaret Mahony
Ms. Sile Moore
Ms. Breda McDonald |
