Death Rate

Question 1

Death rate

Answer 1

The number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year

Question 2

General trend of the death rate

Answer 2

Decreasing

Question 3

What does Tranter believe that the reason for the declining death rate is?

Answer 3

The decline in the number of deaths from infectious diseases, such as measles, smallpox and tuberculosis throughout the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century

Question 4

Reasons for the decline in the death rate

Answer 4

Improved nutrition, medical improvements, smoking and diet, and public health measures

Question 5

According to McKeown, how has improved nutrition led to the decline in the death rate?

Answer 5

Better nutrition increased resistance to infection and increased
the survival chances of those who did become infected

Question 6

Evaluation of McKeown

Answer 6

Doesn’t explain why females who receive a smaller share of the family food supply live longer than males

Question 7

Medical improvements and the death rate

Answer 7

Improved medical knowledge, techniques and organisation have helped to reduce death rates, advances in antibiotics, mass immunisation

Question 8

Harper on smoking and diet

Answer 8

A reduction in the number of people who smoke has led to the greatest fallen death rates, not medical improvements. In the 21st century, obesity has replaced smoking due to the new lifestyle epidemic. We may be moving towards an American health culture where lifestyles are unhealthy

Question 9

Life expectancy

Answer 9

How long on average a person born in a given year can expect to live

Question 10

Trend in life expectancy

Answer 10

As death rates have fallen life expectancy has increased

Question 11

Life expectancy of men and women in 2017

Answer 11

Men -> 79
Women -> 83