PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Preadolescence, Cerebrovascular Disease, Asthma
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Are there sex differences in mortality and morbidity (cont: sex differences in life expectancy are more variable in developing countries than in developed countries. Nevertheless, in the vast majority of countries, females outlive males: today lifestyle diseases are the primary causes of death among canadians, particularly large sex difference in russia, more variability in life expectancy in developing countries. * russia has alcoholism problems, socially pervasive, especially after the break down of soviet union. (you answered this question!!! * breakdown of soviet union lead to economic instability and men took the brunt of the blow and had higher levels of higher rates of depression, suicide and homicide. The male gender role directly correlated with higher rates of mortality in. * son preference in botswanaand zimbawe, and as children age the neglect of girls lead to higher rates of mortality for women and less for women.
