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Flashcards by Alice Kimpton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alice Kimpton
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| Question | Answer |
| What does morbidity mean? | ill health, any diseased state, disability or condition of poor health |
| What does mortality mean? | death, it is the condition of being mortal or susceptible to death |
| How can you measure morbidity? | by prevalence rate or incidence |
| What is prevalence rate? | shows number of people in a population who are suffering from a particular condition at a given time |
| What is incidence? | how many people in a population who develop a particular condition in a given time |
| What are the top three diseases of poverty? | . AIDS; LEDC account 95% globally . Malaria; 90% within sub-saharan Africa . Tuberculosis; LEDCs account for 98% of active infections These 3 account for 10% of global deaths |
| Give a few facts of malaria | . over half of the world's population could be susceptible to malaria . caused by female Anopheles mosquitoes . Septemeber 2015 there were more than 230 million reported cases |
| How estimated deaths and approx cases of Malaria in 2013? | . 584,000 deaths . 198 million cases |
| Social impacts of malaria include... | . unable to work . less productive at work .children off school due to illness/ looking after family . unable to look after families . other diseases could spread through blood transfusions eg HIV |
| Economic impacts of malaria include... | . less of an income . affect tourism industry . cost of purchasing medicines/ travelling for treatments . weakened workforce . paying for prevention systems eg nets |
| What is a disease of affluence? | Disease of affluence also known as disease of development. Are diseases that are thought to be result of increasing wealth in society, in contrast to diseases of poverty which result from impoverishment. |
| What are some diseases of affluence? | • Obesity • Type 2 diabetes • Coronary heart disease • Strokes • Asthma • Peripheral vascular disease • Alcoholism • Depression • Allergies |
| What factors affect affluence diseases? | . reduced physical activities . change in nutrition . medical advances . social factors . public issues and sociological issues |
| What is Coronary heart disease? | A waxy substance (plaque) builds up inside the coronary arteries. Over time this results in less oxygen reaching the heart and causes a heart attack |
| What are the most common causes of coronary heart disease? | • High blood pressure • High cholesterol • Smoking • Lack of regular exercise • Both types of diabetes • Weight |
| How does coronary heart disease affect the UK? | . UK's biggest killer- 73,000 deaths annually . affects 1 in 6 men and 1 in 1 0 women . 2.3 million living with CHD . 2 million living with angina- most common symptom |
| How is CHD economically impacting nations? | . if 10% of adults walked regularly Americans could save $5.6 billion . number of people who die/disabled by CHD could be halved with wider use of a combination of drugs that cost just $14 annually . cholesterol-reducers were top-selling medication in 2003, generating $14 billion in sales |
| How are the UK putting in strategies to help reduce CHD? | dietitians promoting benefits for heart health by eating oily fish, more fruit and vegetables, and less saturated fats |
| How are other nations putting in strategies? | . Japan have a government health education campaigns and increased treatment for high blood pressure, reducing blood pressure levels in the population . New Zealand have introduced recognisable logos for health foods which has lead many companies to reformulate their products. The benefits include greatly reduced salt content in processed food |
| What are some impacts coronary heart disease has on the UK? | . £31.73 billion to the health care system in 1999; £7.06 billion annually of all CHD-related, highest of all diseases in UK . cardiovascular drugs for 2002 in England was £1.74 billion, a quater of the total prescribing costs (out of £6.84 billion) . heart disease is estimated to result in £3 billion of lost earnings of the economy |
| How many people die a day? | average of 190 people due to CHD; usually because of heart attacks |
| How is CHD relatable in deaths to breast cancer? | CHD kills double the amount of women than breat cancer |
| How many people are living with CHD in the UK? | 2.3 million- 60% male |
| How many announced deaths from CHD were there in 1961? | 166,000 |
| Has there been any improvement in the cases of CHD? | 2009 there were around 80,000 due to CHD in Great Britain. Percentage of 55-59-year-old women dying after a heart attack nearly halved between 1968 and 1998, while percentage for men decreased by a third |
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