Glossary
This list includes definitions of technical and non-technical terms commonly used in publications and reports of the North Carolina Center for Health Statistics. Formulas are listed with their respective definitions. Understanding data provides information on computing and interpreting data.
Definitions
List of Terms
A
Abortee
Abortion
Abortion Fraction
Abortion Rate
Adjusted Rate
AFDC: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Age-adjusted Death Rate
Age at Death
Age of Mother
Age-specific Death Rate
Apgar Score
Associated Causes of Death
Attendant
B
Births Out of Wedlock
Birth Order
Birth Rate
C
C-Section
Cause of Death
Cause-specific Death Rate
Chronic Disease
Community Assessment
Comparability Ratios
Conceptions
Congenital Anomaly
D
Death
Death Rate
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)
Divorces and Annulments
DRG: Diagnosis-related Group
E
Education
Education of Mother
F
Facility Utilization Rate
Fertility Rate
Fetal Death
Fetal Death Rate
G
Geriatric Death Rate
Gestation
H
Home Health Agency
Hospice Care
Hospital
Hospital Length of Stay
Household
Hysterectomy/Hysterotomy
I
ICD: International Classification of Diseases
ICDA: International Classification of Diseases Adapted
Immunization-preventable Morbidity and Deaths
Incidence of Disease
Induced Abortion
Infant Death
Infant Death Rate
Intra-uterine Instillation
J
K
L
Leading Causes of Death
Live Birth
Living Children
Low Birthweight
M
Marital Status
Marriage
Married
Maternal
Maternal Death
Maternal Death Rate
Maternal Risk Factors
MDC: Major Diagnostic Category
Medicaid
Medicare
Medical (Non-surgical) Abortion
Mother Smoked
N
Natural Increase Rate
Neonatal Death
Neonatal Death Rate
Non-geriatric Death Rate
Non-resident Physician
Not Married
Nursing Care Bed
Nursing Home
O
Occupancy Rate
Occurrence
Occurrence Birth Formula
Occurrence Death Formula
P
Perinatal Deaths
Perinatal Death Rate
Place of Death
Population
Postneonatal Death
Postneonatal Death Rate
Poverty Level
Pregnancies
Pregnancy Rate
Prenatal
Preterm Birth
Prevalence of Disease
Previous Abortions
Previous Live Born Now Dead
Primary Care Physician
Q
R
Race
Rate
Residence
Resident Events and Rates
Retained Products
S
Sentinel Health Event
Sharp Curettage
Spontaneous Abortion
Suction Curettage
T
TANF: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
U
Unemployment Rate
Underlying Cause of Death
V
Very Low Birthweight
Violent Deaths
W
X
Y
Years of Life Lost
Z
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