POPH3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Allostatic Load, Mortality Rate, Pap Test
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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Ignoring of the dynamic relationship of the disease process. Not a matter of illness or being health, but having a sense of well-being when illness exists. Poph3000 - introduction to population helth page 1. Allostatic load -> the wear and tear of the body which increases over time. Increases with age and exposure to stress/chronic stress. Death related/due to specific factor -> ie. infant mortality. Life expectancy -> years of life expected to be lived. At a point -> le at age 65 -> the amount of years left to live at 65. During the past 30 days, for about how many days have you felt sad, blue, or. During the past 30 days, for about how many days have you felt you did not get.