Deaths, or measures of length of life, are perhaps the most widely used and available health status indicators. These include a range of age-specific mortality rates, as well as derived indicators such as life expectancy and potential years of life lost.
Alterations of attributes of the health status of an individual which may lead to distress, interference with daily activities, or contact with health services; it may be a disease (acute or chronic), disorder, injury or trauma, or reflect other health-related states such as emergency, aging, stress, congenital anomaly, or genetic predisposition. Examples include Arthritis, diabetes, chronic pain, depression, food and waterborne diseases, injury hospitalization.
Levels of human function are associated with the consequences of disease, disorder, injury and other health conditions; they include body function//structure (impairments), activities (activity limitations, and participation (restrictions in participation). Examples include functional health, disability days, activity limitation, health expectancy, disability free life expectancy.