Notes in EH2 Week 1

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Published	08/12/2024	The scientific study of human populations with reference to:- size- composition- distribution across places- processes through which they change
Published	08/12/2024	by birth, by in-migration
Published	08/12/2024	by death, by out-migration
Published	08/12/2024	number of births per 1000 population (per year)
Published	08/12/2024	Because it is not age-standardised,because it includes all individuals rather than women who can have children
Published	08/12/2024	15-44
Published	08/12/2024	"The number of children per woman"
Published	08/12/2024	Women need to have on average 2.1 babies to maintain population size based on births
Published	08/12/2024	Yes, as this is an age-standardised measure
Published	08/12/2024	Age-specific fertility rates are the number of children per woman in a specified age bracket. The TFR is the sum of all ASFRs.
Published	08/12/2024	from the 1930s there was a large spike in TFRs until the late 50s where there was a large drop, the mid to late 60s were stable,there was a sharp drop…
Published	08/12/2024	Crude death rate (CDR),Infant mortality rate (IMR),child mortality rate
Published	08/12/2024	Infant mortality rates are the deaths per 1000 live births in a given year before said individuals reach 1 year of age
Published	08/12/2024	Child mortality rates are the deaths per 1000 live births in a given year for children between 1 and 5 years of age. This is often reported together w…
Published	08/12/2024	82%
Published	08/12/2024	A country's level of health development
Published	08/12/2024	socioeconomic factors (housing, hygiene, sewage & waste disposal, nutrition, etc.)Health care factors (poor access to primary health care and hospital…
Published	08/12/2024	62% occur during the neonatal period
Published	08/12/2024	within 28 days from birth
Published	08/12/2024	It allows for healthcare initiatives to target high risk areas/ages.
Published	08/12/2024	perinatal conditions,congential abnormalitites,signs, symptoms, abnormalities,other causes
Published	08/12/2024	Because they are not age-standardised. Age-specific death rates (ASDR) are a better representation of mortality trends in a population
Published	08/12/2024	fertility,mortality,migration
Published	08/12/2024	Population pyramid
Published	08/12/2024	immigration
Published	08/12/2024	stable
Published	08/12/2024	expanding
Published	08/12/2024	contracting
Published	08/12/2024	This term describes a shift from the 18th century from pandemic and infectious diseases causing the majority of deaths to non-communicable diseases (…
Published	08/12/2024	tuberculosis,organic heart disease,diarrhoea,senility,bronchitis,pneumonia
Published	08/12/2024	ischaemic heart disease,dementia,stroke,lung cancer,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),diabetes,bowel cancer
Published	08/12/2024	better living standards,improvements in hygiene,antibiotics,mass immunisation,progress of medical knowledge and skills
Published	08/12/2024	1. age of pestilence and famine2. age of receding pandemics3. age of degenerative and man-made diseases4. age of delayed degenerative diseases5. age o…
Published	08/12/2024	tuberculosis,rubella (measles),pertussis (whooping cough)
Published	08/12/2024	ebola,legionaires diseases,AIDS,gastric ulcers (due to helicobacter pylori)
Published	08/12/2024	- doesn't account for emerging and re-emerging diseases- doesn't account for co-existence of chronic and infectious diseases ("double-burden") and the…
Published	08/12/2024	This describes how births and deaths affect population growth over time. These are affected by social and economic factors. The model describes how de…
Published	08/12/2024	high birth rates, high death rates, high infant mortality, high out-migration
Published	08/12/2024	low fertility, low death rates, in-migration from less developed countries, low infant mortality
Published	08/12/2024	lowering fertility rates
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