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How is morbidity defined?
AAny death happening before average life expectancy
BAny illness that lasts longer than one full year
CAny condition present at one specified point in time
DAny departure from a state of physiological well-being
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Any departure from a state of physiological well-being
1. Morbidity covers any departure, subjective or objective, from physiological or psychological well-being.
2. In practice that takes in disease, injury and disability.
3. Death is measured by mortality rather than morbidity, so the first option describes premature mortality.
4. Nothing in the definition sets a minimum duration or restricts the count to a single point in time.
_Source: CDC Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (3rd ed., US federal, public domain), Lesson 3 "Measures of Risk", section Morbidity Frequency Measures_
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