PUB HLT 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coronary Artery Disease, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Non-Communicable Disease
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Detels: process of mobilizing local, state, provincial, national, international resources to assure conditions in which all people can be healthy: goal: biologic, physical, mental well being of all members of global society, regardless of age/sex/race/etc. Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health thru organized societal efforts. Creates conditions for which optimal health can be achieved by society (not guaranteed) By race: white, aa, hispanic, asian cancer chronic respiratory disease: cardiovascular, malignant neoplasms. By sex for cancer: lung, prostate lung, breast low vs high income countries. Dementia more common in low income countries. Major death cause in kids under 5 that are undernourished = diarrhea, infectious disease cost/gdp. Us spends more than other countries on health expenditures (double the $) prevalence. Obesity significantly higher among black women life expectancy. Us is not ranked as a top life expectancy country in us, white have higher expectancy than aa for both sexes.
