Health in Populations 14-16

Question 1

What is epidemiology?

Answer 1

The study of the occurence and distribution of health-realted events, states or processes in specified populations

Question 2

What is population health?

Answer 2

The health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within their group.

Question 3

What are the two important patterns of health distribution in NZ?

Answer 3

Ethnicity
Socioeconomic Status

Question 4

What are the 3 important determinants of socioeconomic status?

Answer 4

Occupation
Income
Education

Question 5

What are the occupation classificiations in socioeconomic status?

Answer 5

Non workers
Classifications of jobs
Changings of occupations

Question 6

What are the income classifications of socioeconomic status?

Answer 6

Gross/net income
Individual/household

Question 7

What are the education classifications of socioeconomic status?

Answer 7

Highest qualification
Easy to remember
Relatively stable

Question 8

What are the living standard measures?

Answer 8

Economic living
Standard index (ELSI)
Survey, range of aspects

Question 9

What is NZDep?

Answer 9

Area based on measure of deprivation

Question 10

How is NZDep measured?

Answer 10

Areas of 100-200 people
1-10 scale, with 1 being the least and 10 being the most deprived.

Question 11

What direction is the school decile system?

Answer 11

1-10, where 1 is the most deprived and 10 is the least

Question 12

What is the importance of the NZDep?

Answer 12

Considers a range of aspects and can be used for everyone

Question 13

What is absolute poverty?

Answer 13

Income level below which is a minimum adequate diet and essential requirements not affordable.
Amount of income a person/group needs to purchase the absolute necessities.

Question 14

What is relative poverty?

Answer 14

Amount of income a person/ group needs to purchase a relative amount of basic necessities that are relative to each society and economy

Question 15

What is NZDep a measure of?

Answer 15

Relative socioeconomic deprivation

Question 16

What are the social determinants of health?

Answer 16

The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.

Question 17

Describe the main points of the Bills of Mortality in London?

Answer 17

Lifespan is very short
Disease pattern dominated by transmittable disease
Average lifespan 35

Question 18

Describe the global burden of disease mortality in 2019?

Answer 18

Average life expectancy 73.4
Mainly non-communicable disease.