Sentence examples for indicators of the population from inspiring English sources

The coverage and timeliness of immunizations are the two key indicators of the population level protection against specific diseases.

The foundations of public health presuppose the ability to quantify and monitor relevant health indicators of the population, making a functioning health information system essential for a functioning health system (AbouZahr and Boerma 2005).

Two indicators of the population prevalence of immunity were available: estimates from a national serosurvey based on sera collected between 1996 and 1999 [ 23], and data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) [ 24] which are considered to give a minimum estimate of vaccination coverage due to delayed notification and vaccination [ 25, 26].

As part of a situational analysis for a research programme on the integration of mental health care into primary care (Programme for Improving Mental Health Care-PRIME), we conducted a baseline study aimed at determining the broad indicators of the population level of psychosocial distress in a predominantly rural community in Ethiopia.

Several key indicators of the population of Trondheim are similar to those of the entire nation; e.g., the average gross income per inhabitant is 99.5% of the national average, the employment rate is identical to the national rate, and 80.0% of the households are two-parent families compared with a national average of 81.4% [ 53].

Each cell in a community produces and responds to a signaling molecule called an autoinducer that serves as an indicator of the population density.

Moreover, the House Index, which gauges mosquito breeding sites, may not be a good indicator of the population's exposure to a virus, says entomologist Paul Reiter of the Pasteur Institute in Paris.

Mobility is an indicator of the population's ability to transcend distance.

Continuous monitoring in health and demographic surveillance sites (HDSS) allows for collection of longitudinal demographic data, health related, and socio-economic indicators of the site population.

All malignant cancers were used as the health indicators of the exposed population to assess eventual negative health outcomes caused by the dioxin pollution.

Extreme poverty is measured by three indicators: the percentage of the population that lives on less than $1.25 a day; the number of people who live beneath the minimum income level deemed necessary to meet basic needs; and the share of national food consumption by the poorest 20% of the population.