SOC239H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: French Fries, Menopause, Social Capital
24 Apr 2016
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Need to look at how age, sex, gender, and race/ethnicity combine with biological forces to inequitably distribute illness, disability, and death in a population. Age is the single most important predictor of mortality and morbidity. Table 3. 1 shows how different sicknesses affect death at different ages (pg. 51: 0-1: pregnancy complications, congenital malformations, 15-34: accidents, suicide, cancer, 45-54: heart diseases, cancer, accidents, 75-84: heart diseases, strokes. Hypertension more common among those who are 65+ Age 65+ - 7. 7% in 1956 to 14. 8% in 2011: morbidity and mortality will take new forms, women are in forefront of aging process. Also affected by disadvantages fewer health protective mechanisms. Canadian seniors are aging better than ever before we"re not in bad economic situation. Lower rates of heart diseases, hypertension, but higher rates of diabetes. Women and men had similar life expectancies before 20th century. Over past 100 years, women had longer life expectancies (4. 7 to 7 years longer)
