SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Parasitic Disease, Health Care In Canada
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Life expectancy = average age at death of the members of a population. Epidemiological transition = the shift from a society characterized by infectious and parasitic disease and low life expectancy to a society where chronic and degenerative diseases dominate and life expectancy is high. Formal record for the longest living person = louise calment (age 122) The study and measurement of health is often done through an examination of its opposite: illness and death. There are global inequities in life expectancy and quality of life: individuals living in rich nations life longer than those in poor nations due to myriad factors. Human-environmental factors: human activity and hierarchies have broad effects on people"s health. Division like social class, occupation, and nationality often correspond to sharp differences in the surrounding in which people work and live positive factors that can increase longevity negative factors that decrease longevity.
