Indicators of Health

Health cannot be measured in exact measurable forms. Hence measurement have been framed in terms of illness (or lack of health) consequences of ill-health (morbidity mortality) & economic occupation & domestic factors that promote ill health- all the antithesis of health.Health Indicator is a variable susceptible to direct measurement that reflects the state of health of persons in a community.Indicators help to measure the extent to which the objectives and targets of a programme are being attained.