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Disability free life expectancy
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the average number of years a person can be expected to live free from chronic illness and disability
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Ethnicity
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Refers to an individual's identity as part of a distinctive cultural group associated with a particular country or region of origin
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Gender
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The socially constructed aspect of male and female identity as distinct from the biological differences in sex
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Income Quintile
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demographers divide the population into five inbcome categories the top 20% the second 20% and so on
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Population Pyramid
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Portrays the age and gender distribution of a population
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Social Class (socio-economic status)
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Determined on the basis of income, occupational status and education
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Social inequity
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Differences among people including age, sex, income, class, occupation, ethnicity, marital status, rural or urban background, and religiosity, which results in different life chances and unequal access to social resources
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Age Pyramid
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portrayal of the gender structure of the social group
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Equity and health
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Considerations include equity in access to material resources, meaningfulness, education, political power and status among other things
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Chronic Ilness
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An illness condition that is expected to continue for a long time even for the rest of the life and not cured
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Gender Differences in morbidity and mortality
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Generally speaking men have shorter life experiences and women have higher morbidity rates
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Commodification
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Objects and activities that can be bought and sold in the market
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