Exam 19: Health and Medicine

Racial disparities in health status are largely,though not entirely,due to economic differences between racial groups.Thus,most studies show that blacks and whites at the same income level:

The total number of people with HIV/AIDS,December 31,2004,worldwide is 39.4 million,representing 1.1% of the population.

Smoking cigarettes,using excessive amounts of alcohol and drugs,having a poor diet,and lacking exercise represent what kind of cause of illness and death?

Which is considered a sociological reason for disparities in health inequality?

Pneumonia/influenza ranked as the ____ leading cause of death in the United States in 2001.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2004,among the following countries?

"Dr.Care" works in a hospital.She is part of:

Which statement is true regarding SARS?

Which of the following is a consequence of the strategies that HMOs use to ensure profits and keep shareholders satisfied?

The sociology of health typically examines the negative: rates of ____ and ____.

Who are the main supporters of the current United States health care system?

The only people to have much luck in avoiding the Black Plague in Europe were:

Because of the stress in their lives,married people have a greater chance of dying prematurely than other people.

Which is NOT a strategy used by HMOs to keep shareholders happy?

Define the maximum human life span?

Explain how avoidable social causes deprive the average citizen of the United States of ten years of life.

In which of the following ways can health inequality manifest itself?

Approximately how many people were there with HIV/AIDS in the world in 2004?

According to many scholars,the plague still ranks as the most devastating catastrophe in human history.

Which of the following factors create gender inequalities in health and health care?