Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mortality Displacement, Cortisol, Social Class

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Life expectancy 80 which is 2 years more than national. Whitehall- smoking. blood pressure,overweight, lifestyles. ex. poor person smoking = higher rate of death than rich person. College students live 2 plus years vs high school graduates. 48,000$ (middle- half of americans) - 2 jobs/household. District 5 - 30% under poverty, 1/3 no high school diploma. 9 years less vs district 16, 12% unemployed. Cortisol- enhances immune; too much of it can inhibit the memory and brain. Caros shivley - studying monkeys, for 30 years. Corey- 1/5 american men work in stressful, low income/ power job. Most of poor = white, 21% american children live in poverty. African americans - high chronic diseases, lower life expectancy.

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