This is due to social class. The higher the class the higher the standard of care. Researchers found that some of the 7500 deaths that are among people younger than the age of 65 could have been prevented could have been prevented if inequalities in wealth narrowed to their 1983 levels. If a baby girl is born in leeds she is more than twice as likely to die in the first year of life compared to an infant girl growing up in a dorset town. Alot of studies into health inequalities rely on morality, death, and morbidity, illness, data.
An estimated 5.4 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease in 2012. This figure includes 5.2 million people age 65 or older and 200,000 individuals under age 65 who have younger onset Alzheimer’s. One in eight people age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s disease and nearly half of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s disease. More women than men have Alzheimer’s disease. Almost two third of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women which is explained by the fact that women live longer on average than men.
Women of color are two-to-three times more likely to develop lupus. Of particular concern are the disease’s effects on African-American women, who are more likely to be affected at an earlier age, experience greater disease severity, have the highest overall death rate among people with lupus, and are three times more likely to die from the disease than Caucasian women ("Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ", 2011).
The unemployment rates for 16-19 year olds has stayed pretty steadily around 25 percent since the beginning of 2010 until the present and has never been below 24.5 percent. For the age group 20 years or over the unemployment rate averages around 8.5 to 9 percent unemployment. However, there is a higher unemployment rate for men than women throughout 2010 and into 2011 thus far. This shows that jobs where men are more likely to work were most likely hit harder during the recession than jobs that are predominately taken by women. However, the gap seems to be getting smaller as more time goes
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Acute Exacerbation Introduction There are currently over 900,000 people in England who have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is currently the only major disease whose incidence and prevalence is predicted to rise over the next twenty years. This rise is expected to occur because COPD is a long latency disease whose symptoms become apparent many years after the first exposure to the causative agent, which means the majority of people affected are either middle aged or elderly. However, studies by Soriano et al (2000) suggest that COPD is under diagnosed in general practice and the true prevalence could be as high as 1.5-3million (National Institute of Clinical
Resuscitation rates are higher in these hospitals as well. Not only are mortality rates decreased but decubitus ulcers and post operative complications are reduced along with the amount of time spent in the hospital. “Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that surgical patients in Magnet hospitals had 14% lower odds of inpatient death within 30 days and 12% lower odds of failure-to-rescue compared with patients cared for in non-Magnet hospitals.” (2008) Magnet hospitals are employing more BSN level nurses than ADN level nurses. They are making a push to have 80% of their nursing staff be educated at the BSN level and higher. The acuity level of patients is becoming more difficult and frail, requiring a higher level training on the nurse’s part to provide care along with patient
Often having 100 or more moles increases your risk of N.M. Another factor is gender, men are more likely to develop N.M. over females. Your age too can play a role and the risk increases for people over 60. N.M. can often develop in people that have a weak immune system. This can be from taking a specific medication or having an organ transplant. There is also a rare disease called Xeroderma Pigmentosum.
While depression is often referred to by mental health professionals as the “common cold” of mental illness, schizophrenia is considered the “cancer”. This is because it is probably the most serious and debilitating psychiatric disorder that exists. Just over one out of every 100 people aged 18 or older has schizophrenia in the U.S. That’s nearly two and a half million Americans. Unlike depression and anxiety, which sometimes occur only during a short period of a person’s life, schizophrenia is a lifelong disorder. And at this time, there is no known cure.
Clinical Concepts Benefits of Physical Activity for Knee Osteoarthritis A Brief Review Beverly Anne Egan, BS; and Janet C. Mentes, PhD, APRN, BC AbstrACt Osteoarthritis (OA) is the second most prevalent health condition in community-dwelling adults 65 and older, with 27 million older Americans affected. Approximately half of community-dwelling women (54%) and men (43%) older than 65 have OA, and the percentage with symptomatic knee OA rises to more than 60% among older adults who are overweight. This article examines major risk factors for knee OA and nursing interventions to help older adults with knee OA minimize disease symptoms. Significant health benefits of physical activity for the prevention of obesity, delay of onset of physical
Nyles Austin English 101 Persuasive Essay May 3, 2015 Marijuana vs. Alcohol/Tobacco Did you know that “9 out of 10 smokers start before the age of 18, and 99% start smoking by age 26” (Tobacco Facts and Figures, 2015)? More than 20 million Americans have passed away due to smoking since 1964 and that amount doesn’t include just smokers but second hand smokers as well (Tobacco Facts and Figures, 2015). On top of that 1 in 6 Americans binge drink within a month, about 4 times the what? (Alcohol and Public Health, 2014). The harms of drinking and smoking vary in numerous ways.