Families And Households-Life Expectancy Flashcards
Males born in England in 1900 could expect to live until…
50
What is the current life expectancy for females and males?
-Females=82
-Males=79
Who are the people who are likely to have a longer life expectancy?
-Women
-People living in the south of England
-People with managerial or professional jobs
What are some explanations for the decline in the death rate,infant mortality rate and an increasing li expectancy?
-Improved hygiene+sanitation and medicine
-Higher living standards
-Public health and welfare
-Health education
-Improved working conditions
Why has improved hygiene+sanitation and medicine increase life expectancy?
-construction of public sewer systems and clean running water-improved public awareness of hygiene and causes of infection,these have also contributed to the elimination of epidemic killer diseases such as cholera,diphtheria and typhoid
-penicillin,antibiotics,vaccines,life saving drugs and surgery have contributed to a lower death rate
What is the leading cause of death in britain today?
-Cancer and heart disease
Give an author for why improved hygiene and sanitation and medicine has improved life expectancy
McKean (1976)
Give an author for why improved hygiene and sanitation and medicine has improved life expectancy
McKean (1976)
What does McKean argue?
-These improvements in environmental conditions,better living standards and better diet and nutrition were more important than medical advances in getting rid of diseases
How have higher living standards improved life expectancy?
-(McKean)
-Higher wages,better food,better housing conditions
-Better transportation(can import food) +food technology= a wider range of nutrients,improved storage techniques,more affordable fresh fruit and veg
How have public health and welfare improved life expectancy?
-Welfare state established in 1948
-NHS-accessible and free
-Much better antenatal and post natal card for mother and baby
-800 women globally still die in childbirth each day
-Health visitors
-Pensions
-Welfare benefits
-Social workers
-Residential care homes
How does Health education improve life expectancy?
-Guidance and prevention
-Lots of info online
-Education on benefits if exercise,giving up smoking and eating a balanced diet
How have improved working conditions increased life expectancy?
-Technology has taken over arduous,health damaging tasks and factory machinery a lot safer than it used to be 100 years ago
-Health and safety laws at work
-Work is less physically demanding
