2a - Link between development and disease

Question 1

Describe Epidemiological Transmission model - Ages

Answer 1

Age of famine = pre-industrial society , low life expectancy, poor sanitation + high rate of susceptibility to infectious disease

Age of receding pandemics = industrial society, higher life expectancy, better sanitation

Age of degenerative disease = post industrial society, higher life expectancy + high fat/calorie intake

Age of delayed degenerative diseases =
Medical advances , mainly non-communicable disease deaths, high life expectancy, ACs

Question 2

As levels of development increase what happens to the types of disease

Answer 2

decrease in main cause of death from communicable and increase in non-communicable

Question 3

Using the Uk as an example how have patterns in disease changed as levels of development increased

Answer 3

In 19th century = Main cause of death from infectious and communicable disease eg: Influenza

as Uk developed and vaccinations and health infrastructure improved as well as sanitation and access to clean water = public health also improved

150 years ago = 30% deaths were infectious - Now only 8%

Question 4

Epidemiology and Epidemiolocal Transmission model

Answer 4

Study of incidence and distribution of disease

Describes relationship between development and patterns of disease

Question 5

Why do Acs have higher prevalence to non-Communicable and LDCs more prevalent to Communicable

Answer 5

Acs =
Lifestyle choices - less physically active and more processed food , smoking and alcahol
Longer working hours and less physically active jobs worked
medical advances

LIDCs =
lack of food intake = sub-Saharan Africa 38 calories a day in 2015
Poor quality services and development
geography = prevalent to vector diseases

Question 6

How many calories a day were eaten some parts of Sub Saharan Africa 2015

Answer 6

38 calories