Morbidity

Definition: Morbidity is an incidence of ill health. It is measured in various ways, often by the probability that a randomly selected individual in a population at some date and location would become seriously ill in some period of time. Contrast to mortality.

Terms related to Morbidity:

• Mortality
• Reinsurance
• Indemnity

About.Com Resources on Morbidity:

• Compression of Morbidity - Reducing Age-Related Suffering
• Co-Morbidity of Social Phobia & Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Is Hans Christian Andersen Really for Kids? -- Morbidity in Literature

Writing a Term Paper? Here are a few starting points for research on Morbidity:

Books on Morbidity:

• Medical Care, Morbidity and Costs: Graphic Presentation of Health Statistics
• Measurement of Returns to Adult Health: Morbidity Effects on Wage Rates Evaluating Health Risks: An Economic Approach

Journal Articles on Morbidity:

• Drug-related morbidity and mortality and the economic impact of pharmaceutical care
• Air pollution and morbidity revisited: A specification test
• Long-term morbidity, mortality, and economics of rheumatoid arthritis