Deck 2: Illness and Health Care

Question 1

In Canada, the group most at risk for developing HIV/AIDS is men who have sex with other men.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Maternal mortality rates are the highest in developed countries.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Canada has the longest life expectancy in the world.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The most significant increases in infection rates for global HIV/AIDS are in the intravenous drug user category.

Question 5

Perinatal transmission is the most common mode of HIV transmission in the world.

Question 6

As of the year 2002, Canadian women had a longer life expectancy than did Canadian men.

Question 7

Simply put, one disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is equal to one lost year of healthy life.

Question 8

An epidemiologist is concerned with the social origins and distributions of health problems in a population and how patterns of health and disease vary between and within societies.

Question 9

The second most common mode of HIV transmission worldwide is through tainted blood transfusions or blood products.

Question 10

Suicide is the leading cause of death among teenagers 15 to 19.

Question 11

In seven countries in southern Africa, at least 20 percent of the adult population is living with HIV.

Question 12

Globally, prevalence rates for AIDS are higher for women.

Question 13

Most of the under-five mortality rate occurs in developing countries.

Question 14

Perinatal transmission of HIV refers to the transmission of the disease through heterosexual contact.

Question 15

The second leading cause of death for Canadian teenagers 15 to 19 years old is cancer.

Question 16

Between the years 2005 and 2010, every country in the world had an average life expectancy of at least 50 years.

Question 17

Finland currently has the lowest infant mortality in the world.

Question 18

Heterosexual contact with a high-risk partner and injection drug use are the two major risk factors for HIV infection in Canadian women.

Question 19

In some sub-Saharan countries, the life expectancy at birth in the year 2000 was lower than it was in 1975.

Question 20

Among Canadian youth, deaths from "external causes" are extremely high.

Question 21

In Canada, self-rated health is strongly linked to income.

Question 22

Members of the upper socio-economic class tend to have higher levels of stress-related disorders.

Question 23

Lower socio-economic groups have higher rates of mortality.

Question 24

At each rung up the income ladder, Canadians have less sickness, longer life expectancy, and improved health.

Question 25

A stigma refers to any personal characteristic associated with social disgrace, rejection, or discrediting.

Question 26

According to a Health Canada study (2002), approximately 40 percent of Canadians will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lifetime.

Question 27

There is a strong inverse relationship between career earnings and death rates for Canadian men.

Question 28

Even before the twentieth century, the life expectancy of Canadian men was shorter than that of Canadian women.

Question 29

Rates of depression and substance abuse are highest in the highest socio-economic class.

Question 30

Members of the lower socio-economic status in Canada tend to have higher mortality rates partially because they engage in high-risk behaviours.

Question 31

Currently, young people aged 10 to 19 years account for almost half of the total reported HIV cases in Canada.

Question 32

HIV infections and AIDS deaths in men outnumber those in women on every continent except sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 33

Regarding mental health, women are more likely to abuse drugs and have higher rates of personality disorders, whereas men are more likely to suffer from mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Question 34

Although women live longer than men, women tend to have higher rates of illness and disability.

Question 35

Women are less likely than men are to seek medical care.

Question 36

Women with less education are less likely to seek prenatal care during their pregnancy.

Question 37

Research seems to show that violence against women is a global issue.

Question 38

Low birth weight and high infant mortality are more common among the children of less educated mothers than among children of more educated mothers.

Question 39

Globalization has been found to have no impact on patterns of health and disease.

Question 40

Although women are more likely to attempt suicide, men are more likely to succeed at it.

Question 41

Which type of scientist studies the social origins and distribution of health problems in a population and how patterns of health and disease vary between and within societies?

A) an actuary
B) a physician
C) an epidemiologist
D) a mortician

Question 42

What is the type of statistic that identifies the total number of people in Canada currently living with AIDS?

A) prevalence
B) incidence
C) expectancy
D) verocity

Question 43

Which of the following conditions, by definition, can last no longer than three months?

A) stable
B) unstable
C) chronic
D) acute

Question 44

According to a study done in the year 2000, only a slight majority of births are attended by professionals in developing countries.

Question 45

In 2001, of the 30 countries in the OECD, only three-the United States, Germany, and Switzerland-spent more than Canada on health care as a proportion of GDP.

Question 46

A student takes a course covering acute and chronic illnesses and diseases and the symptoms and impairments they produce. Which of the following is the student studying?

A) longevity
B) morbidity
C) health expectancy
D) burden of disease

Question 47

Canada has a Disability Act that ensures the rights and needs of people with disabilities.

Question 48

In Canada, First Nations and Métis youth are more likely than non-Aboriginal youth to use all types of drugs.

Question 49

According to the 1996-97 National Population Survey, slightly more than half of Canadians have dental insurance.

Question 50

In 2000, the average Canadian spent less than a $100 on prescription drugs, over-the-counter remedies, and other non-prescribed products.

Question 51

Evidence suggests that Canada's health-care system is eliminating inequalities among Canadians in relation to health-care services.

Question 52

Men tend to be the recipients of most organ replacement surgeries.

Question 53

The prevalence of daily smoking among adult Aboriginal Canadians occurs at about half the rate found among the general Canadian population.

Question 54

According to the World Health Organization's first-ever analysis of the world's health systems, Norway provides the best overall health care among major countries.

Question 55

Which term refers to the total number of cases of a specific health problem within a population at a given time?

A) incidence
B) prevalence
C) epidemiology
D) acuteness

Question 56

Canada's health care system provides access to universal comprehensive coverage for medically necessary in-patient and outpatient physician services.

Question 57

Canada's health-care system is better known as medicaid.

Question 58

In Canada, the life expectancy of Status Indians is seven to eight years shorter than for non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Question 59

Which term refers to the number of new cases of specific health problems within a given population during a specified period?

A) incidence
B) prevalence
C) acuteness
D) epidemiology

Question 60

What is the study of the patterns of heath and disease called?

A) epidemiology
B) toxicology
C) mortality
D) fatality

Question 61

What is the term for the shift from a society characterized by a low life expectancy and parasitic and infectious diseases to one characterized by high life expectancy and chronic and degenerative diseases?

A) the health expectancy transition
B) the life expectancy transition
C) the burden of disease transition
D) the epidemiological transition

Question 62

What is the leading cause of death and disability for women ages 15 to 49 in developing countries?

A) HIV infection
B) malnutrition
C) malaria
D) complications associated with pregnancy, and childbirth

Question 63

Which of the following countries has the shortest life expectancy for those born between 2005 and 2010?

A) Zambia
B) Mozambique
C) Afghanistan
D) Rwanda

Question 64

What is the term for the average number of years that individuals born in a given year can expect to live?

A) morbidity
B) life expectancy
C) burden of disease
D) disability-adjusted life year

Question 65

Which theoretical view contributes to our understanding of how gender interacts with other social factors to make women, especially young women, vulnerable to HIV infection?

A) conflict theory
B) Marxist theory
C) cultural transmission theory
D) feminist theory

Question 66

What population measurement combines the number of deaths with the impact of premature death and disability on a population?

A) morbidity rate
B) mortality rate
C) epidemiological transition scale
D) disability-adjusted life year

Question 67

If we compared the 2007 worldwide incidence of HIV infection with the 2007 worldwide prevalence of HIV infection, what would we see?

A) The incidence is much higher than the prevalence.
B) The prevalence is much higher than the incidence.
C) The incidence is slightly higher than the prevalence.
D) The incidence and prevalence are equal.

Question 68

What was the leading cause of death in Africa in 2000?

A) starvation
B) AIDS
C) war
D) malaria

Question 69

The cause of mental illness is thought to be a combination of which two factors?

A) genetics and poverty
B) genetics and environment
C) technological and spatial
D) technological and environmental

Question 70

Of all the health measures monitored by the World Health Organization, which has the largest discrepancy between developed and developing countries?

A) under-five mortality
B) infant mortality
C) maternal mortality
D) disability-adjusted life year

Question 71

Which of the following accounted for 12 percent of all disability-adjusted life years lost in 2001?

A) infectious diseases
B) malnutrition
C) mental disorders
D) sexually transmitted diseases

Question 72

In 2000, which of the following countries had the longest life expectancy?

A) the United States
B) Great Britain
C) Canada
D) Japan

Question 73

A disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a unit of measurement. What other factor besides "years lived with a disability" does this statistic take into account?

A) years of life lost to premature death
B) country of origin
C) the economic cost of a disease or illness
D) number of available treatment options

Question 74

According to a 2002 study done by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, which mental illness was deemed to be the most common in Canada?

A) psychosis
B) post-traumatic stress disorder
C) depression
D) schizophrenia

Question 75

What was the leading cause of death worldwide in 1998?

A) infectious and parasitic diseases
B) war
C) heart disease
D) cancer

Question 76

According to a Health Canada study done in 2002, what percentage of Canadians suffer from mental health problems?

A) 20
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60

Question 77

What is the predominant mode of HIV transmission worldwide?

A) homosexual contact
B) perinatal transmission
C) heterosexual contact
D) needle sharing

Question 78

What country had the highest prevalence of HIV in the world as of 2000?

A) Niger
B) Botswana
C) South Africa
D) Zambia

Question 79

High rates of maternal mortality are generally found in what type of country?

A) developed
B) industrial
C) tropical
D) developing

Question 80

What is the term for the number of deaths of live-born children under the age of one year per 1000 births?

A) morbidity
B) mortality
C) still-born rate
D) infant mortality rate