Population Health Flashcards
1
Q
What do young people die from?
A
accidents
traumatic deaths like homicide and suicide
2
Q
Older people die from?
A
Chronic disease mostly
3
Q
what is a blue zone?
A
areas of the world where people live longer
4
Q
What is population health?
A
Population health is ‘the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group’
health outcomes are the product of multiple determinants of health, including medical care, public health, genetics, behaviors, social factors, and environmental factors.
