SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sydney Tar Ponds, Vertebral Artery, Homeopathy
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Life expectancy: average age at death of members in a population. There is a significant amount of variation in terms of life expectancy. Today, a baby born in canada if it"s a girl, 4 girls live for every 8 boys living: canada life expectancy 2013: 81. In the black death example some groups were more likely to die of the plague than others. The black death raises three issues sociological factors account for that even distribution of health risks. Health problems change over time what can be the major killer 50 years ago is not now cancer is now the first major killer. Lesson 1: measuring health: health: state of complete physical social and mental well-being, as the environmental conditions of a country decrease the life expectancy decreases as well. The world"s highest life expectancy is 83 years in japan. Social causes have a great impact on illness and death.
