The largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
The most common condition associated with glucose processing and insulin.
What is diabetes?
A medical professional who "puts the patients to sleep."
What is an anesthesiologist?
The geographic area (rural or urban) more likely to be uninsured.
What is rural?
The #1 hospital in Washington.
What is the UW Medical Center?
The largest muscle in the human body.
What is the gluteus maximus?
A disease common in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia that is transmitted via female Anopheles mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
The medical field related to musculoskeletal health.
What is orthopaedics?
The country that has the highest per capita healthcare spending of all the wealthy countries.
What is the US?
The only level 1 adult and pediatric trauma and burn center in the WWAMI region.
What is Harborview Medical Center?
The number of adult teeth we have.
What is 32?
The disease that most commonly causes dementia and is characterized by the brain shrinking in size.
What is Alzheimer's?
A medical professional who specializes in the care of kidneys.
What is a nephrologist?
The 1932 study done without informed consent on Black men in Alabama.
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
The three most common languages spoken in WA.
What are English, Spanish, Mandarin?
The length of the large intestine (in feet).
What is 5 feet?
The condition when the spinal cord fails to develop or close properly in a developing baby.
What is spina bifida?
A medical professional who specializes in caring for older adults.
What is a geriatrician?
The average cost of staying in a hospital for one night without health insurance.
What is $14,900 (in 2020)?
The degenerative autoimmune disease prevalent in the PNW for unknown reasons.
What is multiple sclerosis (MS)?
The most commonly broken bone.
What is the clavicle (collarbone)?
A disease that can be transferred from armadillos to humans.
What is Hansen's disease (leprosy)?
What Is a urogynecologist?
The 5 social determinants of health.
What are:
Economic Stability
Education Access and Quality
Health Care Access and Quality
Neighborhood and Built Environment
Social and Community Context?
Two climate change events that can specifically impact health in WA.
What are extreme heat, wildfires, flooding, ocean acidification etc?