Lecture 2 CSEP Flashcards
What province has the highest population of people who have had some college or university education?
- Ontario at 56%
- In Canada, around 50% of people have had some college or university education (Highest out of many first-world countries)
What province has the highest population of persons with a university degree?
- Ontario at 28%
- In Canada, 28% of people have a university degree (middle of the pack compared to other first-world countries - Norway is highest)
What is yellow fever?
- acute disease of short duration which often causes death
- occurs in very hot and humid climates
How have smoking habits changed over the past 20 years?
- has gone down drastically
How many people who start smoking in their teens and don’t quit will be killed by tobacco in middle or old age?
- around 50% of them
- smokers die around 10 years earlier than non-smokers
Model of depression and tunnel vision
Depression –> tunnel vision –> inability to perceive alternatives –> reduction in effective adaptation behaviours –> depression
What percentage of male and female youth have experienced a major depressive episode?
5% of males
12% of females
Total number of 12-19 year olds in Canada at risk fr developing depression
3.2 million
How many times greater is the male mortality rate from suicide than the female mortality rate?
- 4 times
Top diseases which caused working days lost
Type 2 diabetes
Hypertensions
Angina