Exam 2: Illness and Health Care

What is the term for the practice of defining a growing number of behaviours and conditions as medical problems?

Members of the lower socio-economic status in Canada tend to have higher mortality rates partially because they engage in high-risk behaviours.

Which of the following groups is least likely to have dental care?

Members of the upper socio-economic class tend to have higher levels of stress-related disorders.

Men tend to be the recipients of most organ replacement surgeries.

What population measurement combines the number of deaths with the impact of premature death and disability on a population?

Briefly discuss any three personal health practices that young Canadians engage in that were identified as being "high risk."

According to a study done in the year 2000, only a slight majority of births are attended by professionals in developing countries.

In which part of the world are you most likely to be threatened by diseases like malaria and pneumonia?

According to a Health Canada study (2002), approximately 40 percent of Canadians will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lifetime.

The prevalence of daily smoking among adult Aboriginal Canadians occurs at about half the rate found among the general Canadian population.

What is the leading cause of death and disability for women ages 15 to 49 in developing countries?

How was homosexuality once classified?

According to a 2008 study by Kuehn, which of the following often describes prostate cancer that is left untreated?

According to a 2002 study done by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, which mental illness was deemed to be the most common in Canada?

On which continent do HIV and AIDS deaths in women outnumber those of men?

Canada has a Disability Act that ensures the rights and needs of people with disabilities.

According to the World Health Organization's first-ever analysis of the world's health systems, Norway provides the best overall health care among major countries.

Where was the first confirmed case of West Nile encephalitis in Canada discovered?

Explain why maternal mortality rates are high in less developed countries.