HLT 450 URI EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
What is the WHO definition of health? - (answer)"A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (1947)
How does the Ottawa Charter define 'health promotion'? - (answer)"health considered less as an
abstract state, more as means to an end which can be expressed in functional terms as a resource which
permits people to lead an individually, socially, and economically productive life" (1986)
Historically what was killing us? - (answer)Infectious diseases (now more controlled)
Now what is killing us? - (answer)Chronic diseases
What is the U.S. ranked in crude death rate? - (answer)89th (out of 225 countries)
What is the U.S. ranked in life expectancy? - (answer)50th (out of 223 countries)
Do men or women have a higher life expectancy? - (answer)Women
Morbidity - (answer)Incidence of a specific notifiable disease
Mortality - (answer)Death rate
What really kills us? - (answer)- Tobacco
- Poor diet
- Physical inactivity
- Alcohol
Contributors to mortality - (answer)- Most causes of death are behavior related
- Social / environment factors may play a role
, HLT 450 URI EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
- SES
- Health care
- Air / water quality
Hypokinetic disease - (answer)Disease associated with a lack of exercise
- Hypo = low or less
- Kinetic = movement
Leading causes of death in 1900 - (answer)- Pneumonia (11.8%)
- Tuberculosis (11.3%)
- Diarrhea and enteritis (8.3%)
- Heart disease (6.2%)
- Liver disease (5.2%)
- Injuries (4.2%)
- Cancer (3.7%)
- Senility (2.9%)
- Diptheria (2.3%)
Leading causes of death (2007) - (answer)1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Stroke
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
5. Accidents
6. Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes mellitus
8. Flu and pneumonia
9. Kidney disease
SOLUTION
What is the WHO definition of health? - (answer)"A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (1947)
How does the Ottawa Charter define 'health promotion'? - (answer)"health considered less as an
abstract state, more as means to an end which can be expressed in functional terms as a resource which
permits people to lead an individually, socially, and economically productive life" (1986)
Historically what was killing us? - (answer)Infectious diseases (now more controlled)
Now what is killing us? - (answer)Chronic diseases
What is the U.S. ranked in crude death rate? - (answer)89th (out of 225 countries)
What is the U.S. ranked in life expectancy? - (answer)50th (out of 223 countries)
Do men or women have a higher life expectancy? - (answer)Women
Morbidity - (answer)Incidence of a specific notifiable disease
Mortality - (answer)Death rate
What really kills us? - (answer)- Tobacco
- Poor diet
- Physical inactivity
- Alcohol
Contributors to mortality - (answer)- Most causes of death are behavior related
- Social / environment factors may play a role
, HLT 450 URI EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
- SES
- Health care
- Air / water quality
Hypokinetic disease - (answer)Disease associated with a lack of exercise
- Hypo = low or less
- Kinetic = movement
Leading causes of death in 1900 - (answer)- Pneumonia (11.8%)
- Tuberculosis (11.3%)
- Diarrhea and enteritis (8.3%)
- Heart disease (6.2%)
- Liver disease (5.2%)
- Injuries (4.2%)
- Cancer (3.7%)
- Senility (2.9%)
- Diptheria (2.3%)
Leading causes of death (2007) - (answer)1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Stroke
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
5. Accidents
6. Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes mellitus
8. Flu and pneumonia
9. Kidney disease
