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Health Flashcards

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What is health?

A

state of physical, mental and social well being, not merely the absence/presence of disease

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What is morbidity?

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suffering from illness/poor health

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What is mortality?

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the number of deaths within a population

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What are NCDs?

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Non-communicable diseases, diseases which cannot pass between people

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5
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How many deaths did COVID-19 cause by the end of 2020?

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1.7 million

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How many deaths worldwide were caused by heart disease in 2019?

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8.9 million

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How many deaths worldwide were caused by heart disease in 2000?

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2million

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By what % did deaths from HIV/AID decrease over the last 20 years?

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51%

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Why do pre-industrial countries have high mortality?

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  • wars, famines and epidemics
  • no technology, poor healthcare
  • positive population checks
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Why do early-industrial countries have decreasing mortality?

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  • advances in medicine
  • sanitation
  • imported knowledge from HICs
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Why do late-industrial countries have low mortality?

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  • higher life expectancy (50+)
  • better healthcare and education
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Why do post-industrial countries have low DR and high LEs?

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  • financial support
  • better quality of life
  • improved healthcare
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When was the 4th stage of the ETM added?

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1980s

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What diseases are common in pre-industrial countries?

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pestilence and famine

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What diseases are common in early-industrial countries?

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pandemics

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What diseases are common in late-industrial countries?

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degenerative, man-made diseases

17
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What diseases are common in post-industrial countries?

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delayed degenerative diseases and emerging infections

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What are the 2 options for the possible 5th stage of the ETM?

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  • inactivity and obesity
  • new communicable diseases
19
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Why might communicable diseases re-emerge in a possible 5th stage?

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  • globalisation
  • bacteria becoming resistant
  • population density increases
20
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How might technology contribute to changes shown in the ETM?

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  • 1/2 the deaths prevented in the 19th century were due to water sanitation
  • penicillin had a global decrease in DR
  • diagnosing more diseases
21
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How might social development contribute to changes shown in the ETM?

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  • sanitation awareness
  • education
  • antibiotics and vaccines
  • aid programmes
22
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How might economic development contribute to changes shown in the ETM?

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  • technology (food/water/hospitals/healthcare/medicines)
  • transport infrastructure (physical access to healthcare)
  • trade relationships
  • infrastructure improvements

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