Demographics

Question 1

death rate

Answer 1

number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year

Question 2

how has the death rate changed from 1900 to 2012

Answer 2

fallen dramatically

Question 3

what are diseases of affluence

Answer 3

rich foods, smoking and wine- 50’s

Question 3

why was the death rate high in 1850-1970

Answer 3

due to rise of infectious diseases

Question 4

public health

Answer 4

improved housing and clean air act

Question 5

medical improvement

Answer 5

anti biotics and immunisation, NHS 1948

Question 5

improved nutrition

Answer 5

reduction in tb

Question 6

smoking and diet

Answer 6

obesity has replaced smoking, fall in smoking related deaths

Question 7

american healthcare

Answer 7

longer lives due to costly medication

Question 8

other social changes leading to decline of death rate

Answer 8

decline of mining and other dangerous jobs, smaller families, higher income, greater public knowledge

Question 9

life expectancy

Answer 9

hoe long on average someone should live based on when they were born

Question 10

death rates and life expectancy

Answer 10

as death rates fall life expectancy rises

Question 11

what does harper predict

Answer 11

we will soon reach radical longevity, many more centurions

Question 12

gender class and ethnicity differences in life expectancy

Answer 12

women live longer than men
north and scotland- lower life expectancy than south
poorest areas die 7 years earlier than those in richest

Question 13

ageing population

Answer 13

older average population age

Question 14

what is the prediction relating to ageing population… by 2041

Answer 14

we will have as many 78yr olds as 5yr olds

Question 15

the ageing population is a result of 3 factors

Answer 15

increasing life expectancy
decline in infant mortality
declining fertility

Question 16

how does feminism impact the ageing population

Answer 16

women staying in education longer, more access to contraception

Question 17

affects of ageing population

Answer 17

public services
changes in family structure
single person pensioner house holds
dependency ratio
policy implications
ageism

Question 18

public services

Answer 18

consume a large part of health and social care
overgeneralisation- many older people are in good health

Question 18

family structure

Answer 18

increase in extended families- longer life expectancy
multi generational and bean pole families

Question 19

single person pensioner households

Answer 19

1/8 of all households are like this
mostly female as they live longer
feminisation of later life

Question 20

feminisation of later life

Answer 20

more female products and activities

Question 21

dependency ratio

Answer 21

puts the workers under a bigger strain
economically dependant
3.2 workers for every 1 pensioner
offset by decline of dependant children

Question 22

policy implications

Answer 22

several important social policies
trade down, smaller houses, free up housing for youth

Question 23

ageism

Answer 23

negative stereotype based on age
old age can be seen and spoken about like a problem

Question 24

what did phillipson say about old age

Answer 24

the old are of no value to capitalism

Question 25

postmodernist view of old age

Answer 25

social construct, stages of life have broken down we can now choose an identity regardless of age