SOC100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Corporate Crime, Social Cost
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Global context: patterns of health and disease: epidemiology study of the distribution of disease within a population. Includes public health, medicine, biology and sociology: epidemiologist scientists who studies social origins and distribution of health problems in a population and how patterns of illness and disease vary between and within societies. Incidence the number of new cases of a specific health problem in a given population during a specified period: e. g. Hiv prevalence 2. 5 million people newly infected with hiv, which contributes to a comorbidity with tuberculosis and hepatitis c infections: educational and social outreach have lowered the rate of infection across canada, while drug treatments for. In developing nations, malnutrition, pneumonia, and parasitic and infectious diseases are major health concerns. Life expectancy average number of years that a person born in a given year can expect to live: life expectancy has increased dramatically over years. Income distribution disparities between highest and lowest of earners correlate with increase in.
