SOCI 2630 Lecture Notes - Health Maintenance Organization, Infant Mortality, Public Health

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Black death originated in asia and spread through trade routes, killed a third of europes population: cause of the plague was a bacillos that spread from lice to rats to people. Life expectancy the average age at death of the members of a population: canada"s = 83 for women, 78 for men. Health the ability of an individual to achieve his potential and to respond positively to the challenges of the environment. The basic resources of health are income, shelter and food. Rate of illness and death are examined to measure health of population. Jeanne louise clement died at 1997 at age of 122, oldest age. Since 1840, life expectancy has grown by 2. 5 years per decade. Swaziland has shortest life expectancy of 33 years, and in other sub-saharan african countries. In 2006, highest life expectancy was 82 years in japan and by 2050, it is expected to be 92 years life expectancy is lower than 50 years.

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