PUB HLT 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Coronary Artery Disease, Infant Mortality, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Science of protecting and improving community/population health: using preventive meds to reduce community risk for diseases, education, controlling disease spread, monitoring environ hazards, promo policies that improve health. Leading cods heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, influenza/pneumonia. Rates are slightly decline for heart disease. Expect increases in cases of most common chronic diseases cancer, mental disorders, diabetes, heart disease. Decreases due to: health dept, chlorine in water, last human to human transmission of plague, use of penicillin, salk vaccine, vaccine assistance act. Environ conditions in which people are born/live/work/play + age that affects health/functioning/quality of life outcomes and risks. Affected by home, school, workplace, neighborhood, community. 9% black leading la cods by race. #1 = coronary heart disease for all races, also for premature deaths. #2: stroke black, asian, overall, copd white, diabetes latino. Premature deaths: #2 cause = drug od, crashes, homicide, suicide life expectancy by race. Women are always higher than men across races infant mortality.
