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Population Health | Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A
(Verified Answers)- GCU
Demography - ANSWERThe study of characteristics and dynamics of human
populations
Demography considers - ANSWERSize
Growth rate
Density
Vital Statistics
Distribution
Demography - Health care - ANSWERFinancing (medicare/medicaid)
Pharmaceuticals
Populations at risk - ANSWERGroup w/a greater risk of acquiring a certain disease of
health outcome than the population as a whole
Population risk factors - ANSWERPop size, density, migration
Age
Gender
Race/ethnicity/genetics
Culture
Education
SES
Occupation
Mental health status
Social capital
Behaviors (life style)
Factor most strongly correlated with disease and death - ANSWERAge
Most vulnerable age groups - ANSWER<1
>65
Causes of death ______ with age - ANSWERChange
Deaths per 100,000 US - <1 yr old - ANSWER594.7
Deaths per 100,000 - 25-29 - ANSWER97.6
Deaths per 100,000 - 45-49 - ANSWER315.1
, Deaths per 100,000 - 75-79 - ANSWER3611.9
Leading causes of death US per 100,000 - 2013 - ANSWERAll - 821
Heart disease - 193
Neoplasm - 185
Chronic renal dis - 47
Accidents - 41
CVAs - 40
Alzheimer's - 26
DM - 24
PNA/flu - 18
Kidney disease - 15
Life expectancy - life expectancy at birth is - ANSWER78.8 yrs
Women - 81.1
Men - 76.2
Man 65 can expect to live to - ANSWER84
Woman 65 can expect to live to - ANSWER86
Life expectancy 65 yrs old is - ANSWER19.3 yrs
Women - 20.5
Men - 17.9
Life expectancy 75 years is - ANSWER12.2 yrs
Women - 12.9
Men - 11.2
How many 65 yr olds today will live past age 90? - ANSWER1/4
How many 65 yr olds will live past 95? - ANSWER1/10
Women live longer but - ANSWERHave more chronic illness
More likely to seek health care
Leading causes of death US per 100,000 - 1900 - ANSWERAll - 1719
PNA/flu - 202
TB - 194
Diarrhea, etc. - 143
Heart disease - 137
Senility - 117
Intracranial lesions - 110
Nephritis - 89
Accidents - 72
CA - 64
Diptheria - 40