Vocab 3

Question 1

acute diseases

Answer 1

come abruptly and last a short amount of time (days, weeks)

Question 2

age dependent

Answer 2

diseases occur to some extent in all individual with time

-ex. osteoporosis

Question 3

age related

Answer 3

diseases are not part of the aging process itself because not all individuals are affected

Question 4

aging

Answer 4

life span is determine by the process of aging

-normal process affecting all individual that is progressive and irreversible

Question 5

atherosclerosis

Answer 5

degenerative disease of arteries

Question 6

cancer

Answer 6

second leading cause of death in US

-most lethal

Question 7

cerebral vascular accident (CVA)

Answer 7

caused by injury to an area of the brain due to vascular obstruction or bleeding into the brain

Question 8

heart disease

Answer 8

25% of deaths in the US

Question 9

incidence

Answer 9

a measure of the number of newly diagnosed patients in a given time period, usually a year

Question 10

indirect cost

Answer 10

a measure of the money lost by an ill person not performing his or her usual job and requiring disability payments

Question 11

life expectancy

Answer 11

the amount of time an infant could expect to live

Question 12

morbidity

Answer 12

frequency of disability within a population

Question 13

mortality rate

Answer 13

a measure of the number of people dying in a given time period

Question 14

chronic diseases

Answer 14

measured by prevalence

-diseases that last for a long time and that may not be cured

Question 15

chronic pulmonary disease

Answer 15

third leading cause of death

-usually caused by cigarette smoking

Question 16

direct cost

Answer 16

the amount of money spent on treatment and management of a specific disease

Question 17

disability

Answer 17

a way of measuring ill health is to identify people with disability and the reason
-health problems that interfere with a persons normal physical, mental, or emotional functions

Question 18

prognosis

Answer 18

the outcome of a disease

-includes morbidity and mortality estimates

Question 19

stroke

Answer 19

the fourth leading cause of death in the US

-common name for CVA

Question 20

survival rate

Answer 20

the percentage of people with a particular condition who live for a given period of time after diagnosis

Question 21

trauma

Answer 21

caused by accidents is the fifth leading cause of death

-automobile are the most common cause of traumatic death

Question 22

prevalence

Answer 22

-refers to the number of persons with a disease at any one time, regardless of when they were diagnosed