GEOG121 Lecture 12: Geog ch 12
20 Nov 2016
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Chapter 12: epidemiological pro les of global health and. Communicable disease: an illness due to a specific intros agent or its toxic products; arises through transmission of that agent to its products form an infected person, animal, or reservoir to susceptible host. Disability adjusted life year (daly): a measure of the burden of disease on a defined population and the effectiveness of interventions; it is based on adjustment of life expectancy to allow for long-term disability as estimated from official statistics. Infant mortality rate (imr): measure of yearly rate of deaths in children less than age 1. Maternal death: death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy lomoarcpsd. The following are three countries to demonstrate the range in causes of death: denmark: high income/highly redistributive. Denmark has high degree of economic development and evenly distributed social benefits; thus, life expectancy is higher (78 years) & infant mortality rate and maternal mortality is lower.
