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Among the aproximately ___________ million people who reside in the United States, about _______ die each year?
a,200 mil;2.5mil
b,200 mil; 1.5mil
c,300 mil;2.5mil
d,300mil;1.5mil |
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| D) Around 300 million people live in the us and out of those people, about 1.5 million die each year. |
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Which of the following statements regarding the life expectancies of different racial groups in the United states is False?
a. black males have a lower life expectancy than do white males,
b. black females have a lower life expectancy that do white females,
c. White males have a higher life expectancy than do black females,
d.Black females have a higher life expectancy than do black males. |
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| C) white males have a higher life expectancy that do black females, this answer is FALSE |
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Life expectancy in the United States is currently about ____ years?
a.74
b.78
c.82
d.86 |
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| The life expectancy in the United states is 78 years old |
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Mortality or death rates were lowest in which of the of the following states?
a.Utah
b.Hawaii
c.Iowa,
D. West virgina |
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| B)Mortality is lowest in Hawaii |
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Which of the following racial groups has the lowest mean age of first-time mothers?
a.white americans
b.black americans
c.Hispanic americans
d.American Indians |
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| D) american indians have the lowest mean age of first time moms |
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| Among legal immigrants to the United states in recent years, the largest number came from where? |
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Which of the following measures of socioeconomic status or social circumstances is most strongly associated with health status or outcomes?
a.annual income
b.type of occupation,
c. Wealth
d. education level |
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Which of the following age groups has the lowest risk of dying in the US?
a.1-4 year old
b. 5-9 year old
c.10-14 years old
d. 15-19 year old? |
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| B) 5-9 year olds have the LOWEST risk of dying. |
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In terms of sex differneces in mortality rates, ___ have the highest rate and the difference between the sexes is_____?
a. males;decreasing
b.males; increasing
c.females;increasing
d. females decreasing? |
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| B) males die fastest and the difference between them and females is DEcreasing |
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One common measure of health asks people to rate their general health from poor to excellent. This measure is most consistent with a _____ model or conceptualization of health that was covered in the BARR reading in Class.
a.physical or medical model,
b. SOcio cultural model,
c. Psychological model,
d. Multidimensional model? |
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the short form-36 or SF-36 is a survey measure of health that is comprised of 36 items. This measure would be most consistent with which model of health that was covered in the Barr reading?
a.physical or medical model,
b. SOcio cultural model,
c. Psychological model,
d. Multidimensional model? |
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| D) multidimensional model |
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| What are two measures that are uses to compare the health between countries? |
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| Infant mortality rate and Life expectancy. |
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According to the McGinnis reading, which of the following health conditions has the highest genetic contribution
a)color cancer
b)obesity
c)alheimers
d)schizophrenia |
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Which of the folloing contributes the most deaths?
a. genetics
b.environment
c.behavior
d.healthcare deficiencies |
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Health acre deficiencies contribute to ____% of deaths annually in US
a.10
b.20
c.30
d.40 |
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Results from the national health college survey indicated that ____ were more likely to report fair or poor health?
a.males
b.females.
c.neither |
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| Health surveillance systems are used for three purposes name them. |
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1. to moniter the progress of current intervention systems
2. To indentify new health concerns
3, to compare different racial groups and sexs to determine the cause of a problem. |
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Which of the following surveillance systems would most likely reflect the occurrence of migraine headaches in specific population group?
a.youth risk behavior system
b.behavior risk factor system
c.national health interview survey |
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| C)national health interview survey |
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| Name three factors that determine population size? |
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| Birth rate, death rate, majority age group |
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According to the Mcginnis reading, the leading indirect cause of death in the UNited states is?
a.obesity
b.violence
c.accidents
d.tobacco |
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| Name two factors that influence crude death rates in a population? |
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| Age structure, and mortality rate |
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| What are the five leading cause sof death in the united states in 2010? |
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Heart disease: 599,413
Cancer: 567,628
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021 |
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IN relation to trends in the crude and age adjusted mortality rates in the united states over the past 30 years that were discussed in your reading:
a.crude and age adjusted rates have shown similar improvement
b.neither crude nor age adjusted rates have shown improvement
c. crude rates have shown more improvement that age adjust rates.
d.age adjusted rates have shown more improvement than crude rates. |
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| D( age adjusted rates have shown more improvement that crude death rates) |
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Which of the following racial groups has the highest infant mortality rate?
a.blacks
b, Hispanics
c.Whites,
d. asians |
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Which of the following conditions has the most global impact on health quality?
a.heart disease
b.diarrhea
c.tuberculosis
d.worm infection. |
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Which of the following contributes the most deaths?
a. genetics
b.environment
c.behavior
d.healthcare deficiencies |
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