SOC 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Low Birth Weight, Unsafe Abortion, Prenatal Care
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Life span is the oldest age to which human beings can survive. Longevity is the ability to resist death. Life span is almost entirely a biological phenomenon. No more than 35% of the variability in longevity is due to inherited characteristics. Whether acute care, long term care and medical assistance are available. 1921 women could expect to live 1. 8 years longer than men in the canada. 2009 the difference has dropped to about 4 years, but the survival advantage of women is nearly universal among the nations of the world. 2017 the difference drops further ti 2 years = Lack of prenatal care that might identify problems before they become risky. Delivering the baby somewhere besides a hospital. They are killed by infectious and parasitic diseases. They are killed by products of the social, political and economic environment. Includes high consumption of cholesterol, sodium, and animal fat and a sedentary lifestyle.
