HLTH 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Smoking Cessation, Transtheoretical Model, Consciousness Raising
24 Feb 2017
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Morality rate the proportion of deaths to population. Life expectancy expected number of years of life remaining at a given age, such as birth. 78. 7 years for a child born in 2011 in the united states. 1. 3rd of all deaths were from infections, and over 40% of those were in children under the age of 5 (1 century ago) Vaccines and antibiotics have decreased deaths due to infectious diseases. United states life expectancy is several years below other nations: extreme obesity. Chronic disease a disease that typically begins slowly, progresses, and persists, with a variety of signs and symptoms that can be treated but not cured by medication. Healthy life expectancy expected number of years of full health remaining at a given age, such as birth. 65 & 67 are the healthy life expectancy ages of men and women in the united. States while the average total ages are 76. 3 and 81. 1.
