效果评价疾病的严重程度反映了医疗水平多用于急性传染病.PPT

★ 疾病分布 ：是指疾病在不同时间、不同地区（空间）和不同人群（人间）表现的数量或频率特征。简称三间分布，又称为疾病的流行病学特征或疾病的人群现象. Proportionate Mortality （死亡比例） Another measure of mortality is proportionate mortality, which is not a rate. The proportionate mortality from cardiovascular disease in the United States in 1999 is defined as follows: Of all deaths in the United States, what proportion was caused by cardiovascular disease? If we observe a change in proportionate mortality from a certain disease over time, the change may be due not to changes in mortality from that disease, but to changes in the mortality of some other disease.