01:920:227 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Antiseptic, Spurious Relationship, Senescence
13 Aug 2018
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What are some uses beyond human life expectancy calculations: it"s an actuarial table showing the # of people who die at any given age, ("probability of death") from which life expectancy is calculated. Why: declining because of the recession, social disruption, erosion of public health systems, and increase in drinking. What about in less developed countries: the past century shows a steady increase of 15-20 years in life expectancy. The largest span of improvement was only two years. In less developed countries, the increase in life expectancy was much more rapid than more developed countries due to an increase of public health medicine. What are some examples of public health advances that helped reduce mortality: reduced # of sanitation related illnesses and improved nutrition. What did he find, and how did this help control the spread of infectious diseases like cholera: father of epidemiology. English physician and leader in the adoption of anesthesia and medical hygiene.
