SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Healthy Life Years, Immunocompetence, Sub-Saharan Africa
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The population health perspective recognizes the complex interactions of individual and structural factors in determining health, including interplay of individual characteristics (including genetics) with social and economic factors (including culture) and physical environments (ex. Mortality refers to the number of events ( deaths") taking place in a given interval in a specific population. Since death can occur only after a live birth, it doesn"t encompass miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion. White and preston determined that about half of the current population would never have been born were it not for significant progress in health and disease prevention made in early 1900"s. Half of population owes its existence to 20th century mortality improvements". Cdr: number of deaths in a given interval, usually a year, divided by midpoint population (or an estimate of the midyear population for no-census years; typically expressed per 1, 000 population: cdr: d/p x 1,000 d is number of deaths observed in interval, and p is midyear population.