Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
32 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Gender & Life Expectancy
|
-Gender affects life expectancy
-In Canada male life expectancy 78, while female is 84(based off someone born in Canada) -life expectancy is based on one's current age, the older you get the greater life expectancy you will have -A woman born today in the western world has a 50/50 chance of living to 100 years of age -longevity more based on nurture over nature: Environmental, genetic and behavioral. |
|
|
Four Categories of risk factors
|
Who are you? (Genetics)
What you are doing? Where you are doing it? When you are doing it? |
|
|
Difference between Mortality and
Morbidity |
Mortality=Death
Morbidity=Disease, injury, illness / various level of degrees |
|
|
Top 3 Riskiest places in the U.S
|
California
- Natural = Earthquakes, wildfires, landslides, volcanoes, tidal waves - Man made = smog, urban riots, oil spills, firearms, fresh water Seattle - Washington - Earthquakes Alaska / Hawaii - Tidal waves, volcanoes |
|
|
Years of Potential Life Loss ( YPLL )
|
If someone dies before the average life expectancy, than the amount of years under the life expectancy are considered Years of Potential Life Loss (YPLL)
19.4% of YPLL of America are due to unintentional injury Compared to 16% to Cancer |
|
|
Top Three most dangerous jobs
|
Fisherman -151.2
Loggers -149.1 Miners -109.7 (deaths per 100,000) |
|
|
Highest death per 1000 population
|
Botswana -28.92
Anggota -25.89 Lesotho -24.76 |
|
|
Highest death per 100,000 population
|
Lithuania -42
Russia -37.4 Belarus -35 |
|
|
Basic Human Instinct
|
It is basic human instinct to alter one's mind, every civilization has found a way through drugs, alcohol or foods.
|
|
|
Crime Victims
|
The majority of crime victims are of the same race as the one doing the crime.
|
|
|
How many cancer causing chemicals are we exposed to daily?
And where do we learn this from? |
3000 chemicals daily that are known to cause cancer
We receive this knowledge from the media. NOT from scientist or doctors. |
|
|
Dismissing risks
|
People are more willing to dismiss risks if they chose to partake in them willing, rather than have them forced upon them.
|
|
|
What are the leading diseases that cause death in the World?
|
Coronary heart disease
Stroke Influenza |
|
|
What are the leading diseases that cause death in the U.S.A?
|
Disease of the heart - 28.5%
Malignant tumors - 22.8% |
|
|
What are the leading diseases that cause death in the Canada?
|
Cancer - 29.8%
Heart Disease 20.7% |
|
|
What is a social disease?
|
Diseases that can be passed from one person to another
eg. Black Plague |
|
|
Which diseases can be contracted from animals?
|
Majority of the leading infectious diseases are contracted through animals
Smallpox Influenza Tuberculous Plage Measles |
|
|
What is leprosy and when did it occur?
|
Prominent 1515 B.C
- Caused by an organism - A person can carry the disease for up to 20 years with no symptoms and be able to pass it on |
|
|
Do POOR or WEALTHY countries have a greater life expectancy?
|
Wealthier countries have greater life expectancy, than poor countries
|
|
|
What were the leading causes of death in the U.S and Canada in 1905?
|
Pneumonia and influenza
Tuberculous Diarrhea Heart disease Stroke |
|
|
What is the only disease humans have been able to eradicate?
|
Smallpox
|
|
|
Timeline of Diseases
|
1600B.C -Smallpox
400B.C -Mumps 1800A.D -Leprosy 1840A.D - Polio 1959A.D - AIDS |
|
|
What is Epidemiology?
|
the study of how, why and where disease transfer
|
|
|
What are Vectors?
|
organisms that translates the disease bacteria/virus
|
|
|
What is the Leading cause of death in Canada?
|
Cancer
|
|
|
What percent of cancer related deaths are from Breast Cancer in Canada?
|
15% of all cancer related deaths in Canada
|
|
|
Where do the most cancer related deaths happen?
And what are the factors that affect it? |
More deaths in Urban areas compared to rural areas
Factors Age Diet Radiation Pollution Alcohol consumption |
|
|
How many new cases of cancer are there in Canada per week?
|
3400 new cases of cancer per week in Canada
-61% are above the age of 70 |
|
|
What percentage of people will develop cancer in Canada?
|
40% of Women in Canada will develop cancer
45% of Men in Canada will develop cancer ¼ of Canada will die of cancer |
|
|
Who is John Snow?
|
John Snow -
|
|
|
What does CVD stand for?
|
CardioVascular Disease
|
|
|
How many people die of CVD's per year?
|
17 million people die of Cardiovascular disease per year
Leading cause of death since 1990 |
