HRPR 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Coronary Artery Disease, Lead Poisoning, Neural Tube Defect
22 Mar 2016
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In the 20th century the life expectancy at birth in the us increased by 62% from 47. 3 years in. Top ten ph achievements in 2001-2010: vaccine-preventable disease- substantial decline in cases, hospitalizations, deaths, and health care costs associated with vaccine-preventable diseases. New vaccines are developed brining to 17 the number of diseases targeted by us immunization policy. Tb is down 30% and a 58% decline from central line associated blood stream infections. We can identify contaminated foods bc of advances in science. Canine rabies was eliminated in the us and new blood donor screenings remove infected people out of the pool: tobacco control- there is a drop of smokers in 10 years. Smoking rates in youths and adults appear to be stalled. Smoking causes an economic burden including medical costs and lost productivity of approximately 193 billion per year. in ten years 25 states have prohibited smoking in certain areas.
