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Earlier burden of diseases studies placed causes of death and DALYs into three categories. Name them:
Group 1: Communicable diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions, nutrional disorders.
Group 2: Non communicable diseases - sjukdomar som inte sprids från ex. människa till människa.
Group 3: Injures, including among other things road traffic accidents, falls, self-inflicted injuries and violence
Environmental determinants of health would include:
Access to safe drinking water
Tobacco consumption
Genetic inheritance
Level of education?
Access to safe drinking
The leading cause of death globally for females of all ages is:
Ischemic heart disease
Your goal as a minister of finance should be to:
Spend little on health and get a lot in return
Which of the following comments about malnutrition is false:
- Malnutrition can reduce cognitive development
- Malnutrition can reduce physical development
- Malnutrition has no connection to infection
- Malnutrition can have deleterious impacts on health
Malnutrition has no connection to infection
In general, and taking into account all age groups, who are more susceptible to TB?
Men
99% of annual deaths for children under age of five take place in:
Low- and middle-income countries
WHO defines an adolescent as a person:
10-19 år
The eradiction of disases refers to:
There no longer being any cases or transmission in the world
Three of the five leading causes of death from communicable diseases globally are:
Lower respiratory infections, TB, HIV
Which of the following are true?
- Cancer takes the same forms among men and women
- The rates of different forms of cancer are the same in different regions
- The rates of different forms of cancer differ by region
- Cancer follow no particular pattern globally
The rates of different forms of cancer differ by region
Diseases to which resistance is a significant issue include:
TB
Malaria
Gonorrhea
All of these
All of these
A primary risk factor for diabetes is:
Lack of physical activity
A consistent issue in humanitarian relief in health has been:
- Coordination of relief efforts across agencies
- Ensuring that this work is done professionally
- Ensuring that this work is done in evidence-based ways and is as cost-effective as possible
- All of these are correct
All of these are correct
In high-income countries, what is the approximate distribution or percentage of the under-five child deaths among neonates?
On average for high-income countries this figure is close to 70%.