Deaths

Question 1

Tranter (1996)

Answer 1

Over three-quarters of the decline in the death rate 1850 to 1970 - FALL in the number of DEATHS from INFECTIOUS DISEASES such as measles, small pox, typhoid, TB

Question 2

Thomas McKeown (1972)

Answer 2

Argues that improved nutrition accounted for up to half the reduction in death rates and was particularly important in reducing the number of deaths from TB

Question 3

McKeown

Answer 3

Does not explain why FEMALE receive a SMALLER share of the family FOOD SUPPLY, LIVED LONGER than males
FAILS to explain why DEATHS from some INFECTIOUS diseases such as measles and infant diarrhea actually ROSE at a TIME of improving NUTRICION

Question 4

Harper

Answer 4

Greatest fall in death rates in recent decades has come from not medical improvements but from simply a reduction in the number of people smoking

Question 5

Walker (2011)

Answer 5

Those living in the poorest areas of England die on average seven years earlier than those in the richest areas