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Q: Whatis the life expectancy in Canada today and why does it differ so substantiallyfrom historical life expectancies? |
- Roughly 80 (79 Males / 82 Females)
- Was 39 in the 1880s - Was 60 in the 1920s - To some degree, longevity is related to our social surroundings |
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Q: Whydo women tend to live longer than men in Canada? |
- Learned social norm (Tendency to seek out medical aid more frequently) - Social support networks (Stress relievers) - Men tend to practice more dangerous occupations - Men engage in more "risky behaviours" |
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What is Epidemiology? |
- Field of study that focuses on patterns of disease and disease outbreak |
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Q: What is social epidemiology and how can we use it to understand the leading causes of death in Canada? |
- Examines effects of social determinants of health on health and disease - Distribution of adv./dis. in a society reflect the distribution of health and disease - Social determinants of health have caused us to live in more cities, closer together - leading to cancer. |
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__% of Women, __% of men will develop cancer / Estimated __ in 4 mortality rate / Since ___, leading cause of death in every province and territory in Canada |
40% of women / 45% of men 1 in 4 mortality rate Since 2008, leading cause of death in every P/T |
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Q: Explainthe arguments for cancer as an environmental illness? |
- According to Epstein, environmental factors cause 70-90% of all cancer (Water/Air/Food/Lifestyle) - Because Cancer is not singular (blood/brain/skin etc.), it is not genetic. - As it is environmental, it is preventable. |
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3 Arguments towards environmental causation |
1. Varying Incident Rates (Something social/environmental is happening) 2. Exposure to occupational/environmental pollutants (Cities/border towns, Miners, Construction workers) 3. Lifestyles (Diet, alcohol, tobacco, exercise) |
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Highest cancer rate in the world? Lowest? |
Highest: Denmark Lowest: Niger |
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Global life expectancy |
Canada: 80.3 US: 78.5 Zimbabwe: 38.5 |
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Q: Whatare three overarching patterns we can see in global life expectancy rates? |
Food security / Poverty / Health care |
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Mortality Rate |
The number of people who die in a given year, usually calculated as the number of deaths per 1,000 people |
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Political Economy Perspective |
A perspective on world development that considers the place of nations in respect to their economic and political condition, which then examines how national and international politics and economies feed off one another. |
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Core/Periphery/Semi-periphery Countries |
A schema that differentiates nation-states on the basis of their stages of economic development and governance stability |
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Infant Mortality Rates |
Measurements of the number of deaths of infants (less than one year) in a given year, usually presented as deaths per 1,000 live births. |
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Morbidity |
Being or feeling sick to the point of being unable to do and accomplish all that one normally would on a daily or weekly basis |
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Diarrheal Disease |
A leading cause of infant death in the developing world; caused by polluted water, poor hygiene, and inadequate sanitation |
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Primary Health Care |
The essential and basic medical care that people and societies receive or should receive. E.g. necessary drug provision, immunization. |
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Secondary Health Care |
Health care directed towards disease treatment in hospital and community via various medical practicioners. |
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Tertiary Health Care |
Health care that occurs in a teaching hospital attached to a university, with a side emphasis on health promotion. |
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Diseases of civilization |
Diseases that result from lifestyle behaviours and social determinants of health rather than from the lack of clean water, food, etc. They tend to occur later in life |
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Prevalence |
The extent to which a disease occurs in a population at a particular time interval |
