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| What’s the difference between infectious and chronic diseases? |
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Definition
| Infectious diseases are those that are caused by bacterias and viruses. Chronic diseases are long term diseases that are caused by lifestyle choices and such. |
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| What led to the decline in deaths from infectious diseases and the rise in chronic ones? |
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| Infectious diseases mortality is decreasing b.c of vacciniations and healthcare. Chronic mortality has risen b/c we are now living long enough to be affected and b/c of lifestyle choices. |
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| What are the leading causes of death in the U.S.? |
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Definition
| Cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, medical malpractice, diabetes |
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| What’s the only common risk factor between all four? |
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| What will be the leading cause of death for the 21st Century? |
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| What will be the leading cause of death for the 21st Century? |
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| How many of the general population will be hospitalized for heart disease? cancer? |
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Definition
| 50% heart disease, 50% cancer in men, 33% cancer is women |
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Term
| What’s the difference between morbidity and mortality? especially in terms of heart disease… |
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Definition
| morbidity is the extent of the disease and mortality is the death rate of the disease- morbidity is the amount of people with heart disease and mortality is the deathrate of heart disease |
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| how many of the general population will be hospitalized for heart disease? cancer? |
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| 50% of h.d.; 50% of cancer in men; 33% of cancer in women |
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Term
| What do internal/external loci of control refer to? |
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Definition
| internal is that you control your destiny; external is that nothing is you own fault |
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Term
| Quality vs. Quantity of Life-how many years of “quality” life do we normally have? |
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Definition
| life span not affected by activity; prevents life span average; physical activity most important factpr; healthy life 65.8 years and impaired life is 11.6 years |
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Surgeon General’s Report
- how many Americans are doing anything? (e.g. 25% US is sedentary) |
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| 25% is completely sedatary; 22% report re/moderate activity; 53% irregular activity |
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