4⃣ Demography 3) Deaths

Question 0

What does death rate mean

Answer 0

⚫️is number of deaths per thousand of the population per year
➡️has almost halved from 19 in 1900
➡️down to 10 by 2007

Question 1

What does number of deaths mean

Answer 1

⚫️been fairly stable since 1900
➡️but there has been fluctuations 
➡️e.g. 
➡️The two world wars
➡️1918 flu epidemic

Question 2

Describe the death rates in the UK

Answer 2

⚫️1870- began falling
➡️continuing until 1930

⚫️rose slightly during 1930 and 1940
➡️due to economic depression and world war two

⚫️since 1950
➡️declined slightly s

Question 3

What was the reasons for the fall in death rate

Answer 3

⚫️upto 1970
➡️3/4 of the decline
➡️was due to fall in deaths 
➡️from infectious diseases
➡️such as TB, measles, smallpox etc

Question 4

What social factors was the decline largely brought about by

Answer 4

⚫️improved nutrition

⚫️medical improvements

⚫️public health improvements

⚫️other social changes

Question 5

How was improved nutrition a reason for the fall in the death rate

Answer 5

⚫️McKeown
➡️better diet accounted for half the reduction in death rate
➡️by increasing peoples resistance to infection

Question 6

How was medical improvements a reason for the fall in the death rate

Answer 6

⚫️before 1950
➡️medical improvement played little part
➡️in reducing deaths from infection

⚫️from 1950s
➡️death rate fell
➡️vaccination, antibiotics, better maternity sevices, creation of NHS 1949

Question 7

How was public health improvements a reason for the fall in the death rate

Answer 7

⚫️more effective government
➡️with power to pass and enforce laws
➡️led to improved public health
➡️better housing
➡️purer drinking water
➡️cleaner air
➡️laws against adulteration of food
➡️improved sewage disposal

Question 8

What other social changes was a reason for the fall in the death rate

Answer 8

⚫️decline of dangerous manual occupation
➡️mining

⚫️smaller families
➡️reduced transmission of infections

⚫️greater public knowledge
➡️of causes of illness

Question 9

Evaluate the reasons for the falling death rate

Answer 9

⚫️although medical profession often claim the credit of fall in death rate
➡️social and economic factors
➡️had much more impact overall

Question 10

What does life expectancy mean

Answer 10

⚫️refers to how long
➡️on average
➡️a person born in a given year
➡️can expect to live

Question 11

Describe the life expectancy in the UK

Answer 11

⚫️for babies born in 1990
➡️50 years -males
➡️57 years- females

⚫️for babies born in 2005
➡️77 years - males
➡️81 years - females

Question 12

Explain how the fall in IMR led to an increase in life expectancy

Answer 12

⚫️low life expectancy in 1900
➡️largely due to high IMR
➡️pulling down the average life expectancy
➡️of the population as a whole

➡️as IMR fell
➡️life expectancy rose