What variables are most frequently used to measure the health status of a given population?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. The three variables that are most frequently used to measure the health status of a given population are life expectancy, infant mortality, and per capita health expenditures. These three variables indicate a population's living standards, people's average socioeconomic status, and the quality and financial resources that a country devotes to health care, the prevention, treatment, and management of illness.

Sociology

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In analyzing Western culture, Eve Sedgwick concluded that:

a. literary works are irrelevant in understanding past sexual behaviors b. sexual categories came into vogue in Europe and the U.S. in the late 1800s c. the term heterosexual predates the term homosexual d. before the 1890s sexuality was an important factor of personal worth

Sociology

The fertility rates of women in the United States declined

a. steadily from 1800 through 2000. b. from 1800 until 1900 and then held steady until 2000. c. from 1800 through 1950 but have slightly increased since 1950. d. in the past two centuries but increased in the 1950's.

Sociology

Which of the following statements is true? a. There are no generational differences with regard to attitudes toward same-sex marriage

b. Older age cohorts are more likely to support same-sex marriage than younger cohorts. c. Younger age cohorts are more likely to support same-sex marriage than older cohorts. d. Older women are generally more accepting of same-sex marriage than younger men.

Sociology

Herbicide-tolerant soybean and insect-resistant cotton are examples of ______.

A. transgenic crops B. greenwashed foods C. genetic nutrition components D. technocratic organisms

Sociology