ANTC41H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rickets, Kwashiorkor, Pineal Gland
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Reading #9: housing density, isolation, and tuberculosis in first nations. Disproportionally high rates of overcrowding, isolation, and rates of tb in first nations of. Tb rate was 18. 9 per 100,000 in communities with average of 0. 4-0. 6 people per room (ppr) Rate was 113 per 100,000 in communities with 1-1. 2 ppr. Increase of 0. 1 ppr was associated with a 40% increase in risk of equal/greater than 2 tb cases. Increase of ,000 income associated with 0. 25 tb risk. Community isolation causes increased risk 2. 5 times. Tb incidence is higher in communities isolated from health services. Although an increase in community income was associated with a decreased risk of tb, income levels were higher in isolated communities where tb incidence is higher. Probably due to cost of living resulting in higher salaries given. Variables associated with tb include poverty, unemployment and homelessness. First nations people with income of
