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PBHL EXAM ONE Questions and
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determinants of health Ans: Behavior, Infection, Genetics,
Geography, Environmental, Medical Care, Socioeconomic-
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Conditions in which people are born, grow up, live, learn,
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work, play, worship, and age, as well as the systems put in
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place to deal with illnesses that affect health and quality of
life.
high-risk approach Ans: focuses on those with high risk of
developing disease and aims to bring their risk close to rest of
populations
what is the leading cause of death for ages 1-25 Ans:
unintentional injury
what is the leading cause of death for ages 25-80+ Ans: cancer
demographic transition Ans: describes impact of falling
childhood death rates and extended life spans on size/age
distributions of populations
epidemiological/public health transition Ans: as
social/economic development occurs, different diseases
become prominent
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nutritional transition Ans: countries poorly balanced diets
cause nutrient, protein, calorie deficiencies and have diets of
foods full of fat, sugars, salts
incidence rate Ans: number of people contracting a disease
during a time period (usually a year)
prevalence rate Ans: number of individuals who have a disease
at a particular time divided by the number of individuals who
could potentially have the disease; helps to assess total burden
within a population; examines person, place, and time
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mortality rate Ans: number of deaths from a disease in
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relation to the population in a given time
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morbidity rate Ans: number of people affected [disease,
illness] in relation to the total population in a given time
period
age adjustment Ans: Compares risks for two or more
populations at one point in time-- or for one population at two
or more points in time.
quantitative data Ans: numerical data, more specific
qualitative data Ans: descriptive data, less specific
case control study Ans: most useful for establishing cause,
associated with effect at individual level (ex. cigarettes and
lung cancer can be more individually linked)
cohort study Ans: most useful for establishing cause precedes
the effect, follows group of people overtime
PBHL EXAM ONE Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Already Graded A+
determinants of health Ans: Behavior, Infection, Genetics,
Geography, Environmental, Medical Care, Socioeconomic-
© 2026 Assignment
status
Conditions in which people are born, grow up, live, learn,
Guru01 - Stuvia
work, play, worship, and age, as well as the systems put in
Expert
place to deal with illnesses that affect health and quality of
life.
high-risk approach Ans: focuses on those with high risk of
developing disease and aims to bring their risk close to rest of
populations
what is the leading cause of death for ages 1-25 Ans:
unintentional injury
what is the leading cause of death for ages 25-80+ Ans: cancer
demographic transition Ans: describes impact of falling
childhood death rates and extended life spans on size/age
distributions of populations
epidemiological/public health transition Ans: as
social/economic development occurs, different diseases
become prominent
, 2
nutritional transition Ans: countries poorly balanced diets
cause nutrient, protein, calorie deficiencies and have diets of
foods full of fat, sugars, salts
incidence rate Ans: number of people contracting a disease
during a time period (usually a year)
prevalence rate Ans: number of individuals who have a disease
at a particular time divided by the number of individuals who
could potentially have the disease; helps to assess total burden
within a population; examines person, place, and time
© 2026 Assignment
mortality rate Ans: number of deaths from a disease in
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relation to the population in a given time
Expert
morbidity rate Ans: number of people affected [disease,
illness] in relation to the total population in a given time
period
age adjustment Ans: Compares risks for two or more
populations at one point in time-- or for one population at two
or more points in time.
quantitative data Ans: numerical data, more specific
qualitative data Ans: descriptive data, less specific
case control study Ans: most useful for establishing cause,
associated with effect at individual level (ex. cigarettes and
lung cancer can be more individually linked)
cohort study Ans: most useful for establishing cause precedes
the effect, follows group of people overtime
