HLTB21H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Improved Sanitation, Egocentrism, Scientific Method
Document Summary
Mortality: deaths, morbidity: sickness, fertility: # of live births, kinds of morbidity: communicable vs non-communicable diseases: demographic transition: study of human population and birth and death rates. States that developing nations go through high birth and death rates, than go through high births and low deaths to than low birth and low deaths rates. From preindustrial to early industrial to mature industrial to finally postindustrial explaining these trends of birth and death rates: epidioemological transition: study of patterns of diseases and causes of it. States that as states develop they move from infectious diseases to non-infectious diseases. Population also increases while fertility decreases, infectious disease rates lower due to improved sanitation, public health medicine. Age of pesistelence and famine: more deaths due to communicable infectious diseases, high levels of illiteracy and economic underdevelopment, low status of females. Age of receding pandemics: decline mortality and epidemic rates.
