characteristics Flashcards
high income
$12476 or more
Upper middle income countries
$4036-$12475
lower middle income
$1026 - $4035
low income
$1025 or less
What is GNI
Gross national income. This is the value of a countries total annual income, expressed in US dollars and divided by its population to indicate the average income of the counties citizens
health status
an individuals or a populations overall health taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount if disability and levels of disease risk factors
burden of disease
a measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. burden of disease is measured in DALY (disability adjusted life years)
social health and wellbeing
ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships wiht others and the ability to manage or adopt appropriately to different social situations
mental health and wellbeing
the current state of wellbeing relating to the mind and brain and it relates to the ability to think and process information,
physical health and wellbeing
relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, includes the physical capacity to perform everyday tasks
spiritual health and wellbeing
not material in nature, but relates to the ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds of conscious human beings
emotional health and wellbeing
relates to the ability to express emotions in a positive way
what characteristics affect high middle and low income countries
economic characteristics
environmental characteristics
social characteristics
economic characteristics (high income)
Trade: country has a wide industries such as mining processing
Poverty: high incomes, low levels of poverty
Debt: high
economic characteristics (middle income)
Trade: experiencing increasing trade opportunities and growing economies
Poverty: high levels of extreme poverty