PS285 Lecture Notes - Infant Mortality, Baby Boomers, Birth Weight
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Boils down to who we are and where we are from. Community i grew up in. my education and family. All these things influence my health and well being. Health status and the determinants of health, health system performance, and community and health system characteristics all come from environment and the resources that we have. Sierra leon vs. japan very different countries. If born in nunavut, more likely to die before age 1 vs. nova scotia and ontario. Chart of infant mortality rates mean keeps going down. Nunavut is five times more than nova scotia because of limited health care resources. Disease can spread so easily due to human recklessness. War is an example wake up one day and the next day the war breaks out and it is not. Population has a big factor of the resources available, etc. Greater demand for resources, which in turn effects well being.
