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health
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a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
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public health
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the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts toward a sanitary environment
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global health
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an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
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low income
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world bank country income group $995 or less
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lower middle income
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world bank country income group $996 to $3895
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upper middle income
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world bank country income group $3896 to $12055
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high income
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world bank country income group $12,056 or more
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morbidity
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sickness or any departure, subjective or objective, from a psychological or physiological state of well-being, not death
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mortality
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death
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disability
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temporary or long term reduction in a person's capacity to function
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prevalence
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number of people suffering from a certain health condition over a specified period
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incidence
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the rate at which new cases of a disease occur in a population
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primary prevention
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intervening before health effects occur; vaccination, wash your hands
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secondary prevention
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screening to identify disease before the onset of signs and symptoms; MRI, being checked for skin cancer
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tertiary prevention
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managing disease post diagnosis or stopping disease progression; insulin pump, medications
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communicable diseases
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illnesses caused by a particular infectious agent that spreads directly or indirectly from people to people, animals to people, or people to animals
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noncommunicable disease
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illnesses not spread by an infectious agent
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injuries
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include road traffic injuries, falls, self-inflicted injuries, and violence, among other things
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infant mortality rate
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the number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1,000 live births in a given year
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life expectancy at birth
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the average number of years a newborn baby could expect to live if current mortality trends were to continue for the rest of the newborn's life
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Maternal Mortality Ratio
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the number of women who die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births in a given year
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neonatal mortality rate
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the number of deaths of infants under 28 days of age in a given year 1,000 live births in that year
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Under 5 mortality rate
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the probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age 5, expressed as a number per 1,000 live births
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burden of disease
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Attempt to construct a single indicator to compare how far countries are from the state of good health
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Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE)
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number of years a person of a given age can expect to live in good health, taking account of mortality and disability
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Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY)
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the sum of years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability (YLDs).
Calculated by subtracting the age at which one dies and one's life expectancy at that age
Calculated by subtracting the age at which one dies and one's life expectancy at that age
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elderly support ratio
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ratio between the number of people aged 15 to 64 years, compared to the number of people over 65
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urbanization
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The majority of the global population lives in urban areas. Puts pressure on urban infrastructure
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the demographic divide
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Highest-income countries have low fertility, declining populations, and aging populations.
Lowest income countries have high fertility although it is slowly declining
Lowest income countries have high fertility although it is slowly declining
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the demographic transition
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Shift in pattern of high fertility and high mortality to low fertility and low mortality with population growth in between
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epidemiolodical transition
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movement from pattern of communicable to noncommunicable diseases
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intergenerational links
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parents' health and education affects their children
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equity
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differences in health that are not only unnecessary and avoidable, but also unfair and unjust
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inequality
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differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups
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health disparities
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a type of difference in health that is closely linked with social or economic disadvantage