Chapter 1: How are priority issues for Australia’s health identified?
Chapter 1:How are priority issues for Australia’s health identified?
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1.Which of the following causes the highest number of deaths in Australia?
(A)Diseases of the respiratory system
(B)Skin cancer
(C)Cardiovascular diseases
(D)Kidney diseases
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2.Which of the following is not a direct cost of illness?
(A)Treatment costs
(B)Loss of productivity in the workplace
(C)Money spent on medication
(D)Prevention costs
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3.Which of the following factors is used to identify priority health issues in Australia?
(A)Epidemic threats
(B)Ability to recoup costs
(C)Disease patterns overseas
(D)Priority population groups
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4.Which of the following statements is true?
(A)People in urban areas have a higher incidence of heart disease and injury than people in rural areas.
(B)Men are at much greater risk of developing heart disease and lung cancer than women.
(C)Indigenous Australians have lower death rates from heart disease than non-indigenous Australians.
(D)People with a low socioeconomic status have lower rates of smoking compared with people with a higher socioeconomic status.
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5.Which of the following is not an example of a chronic disease or illness?
(A)Chickenpox
(B)Asthma
(C)Depression
(D)Diabetes
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6.What does CVD stand for?
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7.Australians enjoy relatively high levels of health compared with people in many other countries. True/False?
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8.Deaths from cardiovascular disease are on the increase. True/False?
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9.Infant mortality rates have declined over recent decades. True/False?
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10.Medicare benefits are only available to people on disability pensions. True/False?
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11.Match each term in column A with the correct definition in column B.
Column A / Column BMortality
Answer: / Number of cases of a disease that exist in a population at a given time
Prevalence
Answer: / Study of disease in groups or populations through collection of data to identify patterns and causes
Incidence
Answer: / Number of deaths in a given population from a particular cause over a specified time
Epidemiology
Answer: / Number of new cases of a disease occurring in a defined population over a given time
12.Are death rates from breast cancer rising or falling?
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13.Define social justice.
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14.What type of cancer causes the most deaths among Australians?
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15.Is the number of heart attacks causing death in Australia rising or falling?
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16.Is the infant mortality rate higher or lower for indigenous infants compared with non-indigenous infants?
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17.Define morbidity.
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18.Identify three examples of morbidity measures or indicators.
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19.Do males or females have a higher life expectancy in Australia?
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20.Identify four examples of priority population groups.
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