SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Health Care In Canada, Health System, Intersectionality
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Infant mortality rate: the number of deaths before the age of one for every 1000 live births in a population in one year. Morbidity rates: indicates the number of people who suffer from particular illnesses per. Life expectancy: the average death of the members of a population: populations with a longer life expectancy is said to be healthier than is a population with a shorter life expectancy. Epidemiological transition: refers to the shift from a society characterized by infectious and parasitic disease and low life expectancy to a society where chronic and degenerative diseases dominate and life expectancy is high. Individual-level factors: a person"s biological characteristics and health behaviours. Human-environmental factors: human activity and hierarchies have broad effects on people"s health: divisions like social class, occupation, and nationality often correspond to sharp differences in the surrounding in which people work and live.
