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| system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prvention of illness |
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| estimate of the average lifetime of people born in a specific year |
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| numbers of infant deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births in a year |
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| illnesses that are long term or lifelong and are present at birth |
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| illnesses that strike suddenly and cause dramatic incapitations of even death |
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| alcohol creates nutritional deficincies, cardiovascular problems, and cirrhosis |
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| includes aids, gonorrhea, syphillis, and genital herpes |
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| Health maintnance organization. for a set monthly fee companies provide total care and try to avoid costly treatment |
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| system of cost containment that moniters and controls health care providers decisions about medical procedures |
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| process whereby nonmedical problems become are treated like illnesses.. i.e. obesity |
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| a problem ceases to be defined as an illness or disorder.. i.e homosexuality |
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| examines population size, composition, and distribution |
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| atual level of childbearing for an individual or a population |
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| the incidence of death in a population |
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| movement of people from one geographic area to another |
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| some societies have moved from high birth rates and death rates to low birth and death rates |
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| distinctive social and psychological of life in th city |
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| alteration, modification, or transformationof public policy, culture or social institutions over time |
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| spontaneous activites that is engaged by a large number of people |
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| large gatherings of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time but nothing else in common |
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| made up of people who come together for a scheduled event |
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| provide opportunites for the expression some strong emotion |
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| crowds so focused on a purpose that they errupt into violence |
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| number of people who share an interest in a specific idea but aren't together |
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| highly emotional crowd whos members engage in violence against a specific target |
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| violent crowd behavior that isnt targeted toward a specific target |
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| large number of people react to a real or perceived threat with strong emotions |
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| report that has no evidence |
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| rumors about personal lives of individuals |
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| information provided by people that have an interest in furthering thier own cause |
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| organized group that promotes or resists change through collective action |
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| based on the blief that society is the root cause of environmental issues |
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