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- physical wellness
- emotional wellness
- intellectual wellness
- spiritual wellness
- interpersonal and social wellness
PESII
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| Life expectancy across time |
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- In the Last 100 years...
- In 1850: 25 yrs
- In 1950: 50 yrs
- Now: 75 yrs
- ***lower for blacks and native americans though
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| What has caused this increase in life expectancy? |
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Definition
- Sanitation
- Immunizations
- Disease control
- antibiotics
- chronic disease treatment
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How much of the US's GDP is spent on Health Care?
What is GDP? |
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Definition
17.7% , expected to increase to 20% by 2017
- The GDP of a country is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a countryin a given period of time
- GDP= consumption + gross investment + govt spending + (exports-imports)
- GDP = CGG (EI)
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| How much does the govt spend on US health care in 2007? what is it projected to be by 2017? at what rate is it increasing per year? |
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Definition
- $2.2 trillion
- $4.3 trillion by 2017
- 6.7%
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| How much times more is health care spending than the amount spent of national defense? |
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Definition
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| How much is the annual premium that a health insurer charges an employer for a health plan covering a family of four in 2010? |
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Definition
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Since 1999, employment based health insurance premiums have increased____ %
Avg out of pockets costs for deductibles, co-payments, and co-insurance rose ___% |
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Definition
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Term
| How many families lose their homes per year due to high medical costs? |
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Definition
1.5 million
** about 40% of those who filed for bankruptcy had health insurance |
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Term
| How many more times does the US spend of the administration of the health care system than its western peer nations? |
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Definition
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Term
When SS was started, what percent of the population lived to 65?
what about now?
what changed? |
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Definition
5%
alot of people live to their 80s
allergies,and diseases are more controllable |
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Term
| How many people in 2011 lived in poverty? |
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Definition
47.8 million
**1 out of 8 americans are existing below the poverty line. |
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Term
| How many people are uninsured in the US and how many are under-insured at some point in time? |
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Definition
- 46.6 million people
- 60+ million
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Term
| Compare our health statistics to other countries such as the UK, Germany, Canada, and Japan |
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Definition
| We spend the most on healthcare but yet out life expectancy is the highest, we have the least amount of hospital beds per 1000 people, but second highest in docters per 1000 people |
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How much of total health care spending is linked to chronically ill patients?
How much medical care do the chronically ill receive? |
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Definition
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Term
| Rise in obesity accounted for what % of the growth in health spending over the past 20 yrs? |
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Definition
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Term
| Why does prevalence increase over time? |
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Definition
- increase in population
- technology
- changes in clinical thresholds for treating asymptomatic patients
- better disease detection and screening
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Term
| Why do we have a 3rd world public health program? and what else complicates health/wellness in the US? |
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Definition
-poor immunization practices
-ineffective prenatal care
Also, Teen pregnancy:
-poor parenting
-prematurity
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| What % of all US women recieve early prenatal care? |
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Definition
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| How many in 10 girls will get pregnant at least once before 20? |
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Definition
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| How many girls wil become pregnant over the next 12 months? |
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Definition
1 million
- 1/3 will end in abortion
- 1/3 will end in miscarriage
- 1/3 will keep thier baby
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Term
| More facts on teen pregnancy... |
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Definition
- more than half of them are 17 years old or YOUNGER when they have their 1st pregnancy
- the poorer the young women, the more likely she will become a mother
- cost the US $9.1 billion dollars a year
- OF this 9.1 billion, 8.6 is for mothers under the age of 17.
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Term
| What country is number one in pregnancy and birth rates among industrialized nations? |
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Definition
| US, we are 2x as high as England and Canda and 7x as high as Japan and the Netherlands |
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Term
| What is the leading known preventable cause of mental and physical birth defects in the US? |
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Definition
Alcohol
**It is estimated that each year, 1 in 750 infants is born with a pattern of physical , developmental, and functional problems referred to as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
**another 40,000 are born with fetal alcohol effects (FAE) |
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Term
| Critical Signs for Alcohol Posioning |
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Definition
- Mental confusion, coma,
- vomiting
- seizures
- slow breathing
- irregular breathing
- hypothermia, bluish skin color, paleness
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Term
#1 cause of death for youth is vehicle crashes, what % of these cases is alcohol a factor?
#1 cause of serious injury for youth is vehicle crashes, in what % of these cases is alcohol a factor? |
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Definition
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Term
How much medical costs are associated with STDs in the US?
How much of this is spent on treating and diagnosing them?
How many new infections occur each year?
Of those, how many are among people ages 15 to 24 years of age?
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Definition
- $19.2 billion
- $8 billion
- 19 million new infections
- half of them are for people ages 15-24
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Term
| What region the country has the highest STD rate? |
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Definition
| The South with 156 per 100,000 people |
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Term
The 18th amendment
21st amendment |
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Definition
Outlawed most alcohol use in 1919
-bootleggers were prosecuted: most famous was Al Capone
-18th amendment failed because it didnt reduce the demand for alcohol while trying to eliminate the supply.
-The 21st amendment repealed the 18th in 1933 |
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How much does the govt spend in drug control?
How much in incarcerating drug law offenders? |
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Definition
$12 billion
$30.1 billion |
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| How many people are behind bars on drug charges? |
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