Health Status Ranking
In which international organization does the United States rank near the bottom on most standard measures of health status?
What is Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
What are examples of environmental factors mentioned in the reading that contribute to premature death?
What is Lead paint, polluted air and water, dangerous neighborhoods, and the lack of outlets for physical activity?
Which domain has the relatively minor role in reducing early deaths?
What is Health care.
What are the top two behavioral causes of premature death in the United States?
What is smoking and obesity?
How much of the decline in mortality due to heart disease over the past two decades is estimated to be attributed to health care?
What is Half of the 40% decline.
According to the reading, what is one reason for the class gradient in health?
What is people in lower classes being more likely to have unhealthy behaviors, because of inadequate local food choices and recreational opportunities?
What percentage of U.S. citizens lack health insurance, according to the reading?
What is 45 million?
What is one potential strategy proposed in the reading to combat obesity
What is selective taxes?
Where does the United States rank among OECD member countries in terms of average life expectancy from birth?
What is 46th place?
What percentage of all deaths in the United States can be attributed to behavioral causes, according to the reading?
What is about 40%?
How much of the United States' gross domestic product (GDP) is spent on healthcare?
What is 16%?
What is one key difference between tobacco use and obesity?
What is unlike moderate smoking, eating a moderate amount of food is not hazardous.
According to the reading, what are some examples of public health advocacy efforts in the United States?
What are Efforts to ban exposure to secondhand smoke or to curtail drunk driving?
What are the five domains that influence health?
What are: Genetics, social circumstances, environmental exposures, behavioral patterns, and health care.
What was the primary factor that led to the decline in smoking prevalence among men in the United States from 57% in 1955 to 23% in 2005?
What is the 1964 report of the surgeon general linking smoking and lung cancer?
What are two similarities between tobacco use and obesity mentioned in the reading?
What are that both start in childhood and are major risk factors for chronic disease?