S1L1 - Population Science

Question 1

What is demography?

Answer 1

Study of size and shape of populations

Question 2

What is epidemiology?

Answer 2

Study of the diseases in populations
Study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems.

Question 3

What are statistics?

Answer 3

Study of data in numerical form

Question 4

What are the three domains of public health

Answer 4

Health improvement
Health protection
Healthcare public health

Question 5

What is distribution?

Answer 5

The frequency and pattern of health events in a population

Question 6

What are determinants?

Answer 6

Causes and other factors that influence the occurrence of disease and other health-related events.

Question 7

What is a study?

Answer 7

The collection, analysis and interpretation of data in an unbiased and systematic approach.

Question 8

What factors affect population health?

Answer 8

Demographic shape
Economic composition
Behavioural and lifestyle factors

Question 9

What does the burden of disease, ageing and disability rely on?

Answer 9

Population size
Population shape
Age-sex specific rates

Question 10

What are global determinants of health?

Answer 10

Global warming
Socio-demographic factors
Population factors.

Question 11

What are the implications for health due to global warming?

Answer 11

Extreme heat
Sea level rising displacing people. 
Air pollution and increasing allergens 
Severe weather 
Environmental degradation
Degraded living conditions & social inequities 
Changes in vector ecology. 
Water and food supply impacts
Water quality impacts.

Question 12

What are the characteristics of an expansive population pyramid?

Answer 12

Developing country, high birth rates, high mortality of infants, low life expectancy

Question 13

What are the characteristics of a constrictive population pyramid?

Answer 13

Graphs are tapered at the bottom. Long life expectancy, low birth rate, typical of countries of higher levels of social and economic development. Will struggle to support older generation.

Question 14

What do stationary population pyramids tell us about the population?

Answer 14

Populations not growing, rectangular shape, developed nations, high life expectancy, low birth rates/

Question 15

What are the consequences of an ageing population?

Answer 15

Higher number bed days in older people and therefore greater stress on health system.
A greater number of people living with one or more chronic conditions. These patients will cost more. The longer people live, the more the NHS spends.