PSY333H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hypoesthesia, Curative Care, Assisted Suicide
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What are the leading causes of death in canada today: cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, accidents, diabetes, alzheimer"s disease. When and how do people die: average canadian life expectancy: 80. 3 years. World-wide: 78 years: beginning of 20th century: 47. 3 years. Why the huge increase: decrease death from acute illnesses, decrease infant mortality. Infant mortality rate: ratio of deaths to live births. Used to be in 6th place 24th in 2007: effects of ses, effects of culture. Leading causes of death: birth to 1 year: congenital abnormalities and sudden infant death syndrome (sids) More likely to occur in lower-class urban environments, when mom smoked during pregnancy, when baby is put to sleep on stomach. Back to sleep campaign (1999)- reduced by sids by approximately 50: from ages 1-15, the causes shift to accidents (i. e. poisonings, falls) and childhood leukemia. Leukemia: cancer of bone marrow excess white blood cell + severe anemia (80% survival rate today!)
