The Environment and Health

Question 1

What completely physical factors impact health?

Answer 1

• climate
• topography
• incidence of disease

Question 2

What partly physical factors impact health?

Answer 2

• air quality
• water quality

Question 3

How do seasons impact health?

Answer 3

• SAD
• hay fever/asthma

Question 4

How does rainfall/flooding impact health?

Answer 4

• vector-borne diseases (impact vector survival)
• sewage outflow (eg cholera)

Question 5

How does temperature impact health?

Answer 5

• food security
• hazards
• vector-borne diseases

Question 6

What virus has become more prevalent with climate change?

Answer 6

Zika

Question 7

How do rivers impact health?

Answer 7

• access to freshwater
• extreme flooding leads to contaminated water

Question 8

How can topography impact hazards?

Answer 8

• landslides due to EQ

Question 9

How can hazards impact health?

Answer 9

damage to infrastructure such as hospitals

Question 10

What does the WHO say is the biggest environmental risk to health?

Answer 10

air pollution

Question 11

What percentage of premature deaths due to air quality are in LICs/NEEs?

Answer 11

90%

Question 12

Why might having green space improve health?

Answer 12

• better mental health
• reduced heart disease due to more exercise
• better for memory

Question 13

How much does the UK national Ecosystem Assessment value the health benefits of living close to a green space?

Answer 13

£300 per year

Question 14

What are blue zone communities?

Answer 14

areas where people live the longest

Question 15

What percentage of deaths caused by air pollution were CHD and stroke?

Answer 15

37%

Question 16

How many premature deaths does air pollution cause each year?

Answer 16

4.2 million

Question 17

What % of the population live in areas where outdoor air pollution is above recommended levels?

Answer 17

99%