PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Epidemiological Transition
Shift from Acute to Chronic
1. SHIFT IN CAUSE OF DEATH PATTERNS
2. AGE AND GENDER OF THOSE WHO DIE
1. AGE OF PESTILENCE AND FAMINE
AGE OF PESTILENCE AND FAMINE
- High Death Rates
- TB, Flu, Small Pox
- High Child Death Rate
- 20-40 AVG Life Span
2. AGE OF RECEDING PANDEMICS
2. AGE OF RECEDING PANDEMICS
- IMPROVEMENTS IN SANITATION
- STANDARD OF LIVING IMPROVE
- PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
- 50 AVG Life Span
3. DEGENERATIVE AND MAN-MADE DISEASE
3. AGE OF DEGENERATIVE AND MAN-MADE DISEASE
- HEART DISEASE
- CANCER
- DIE AT THE END OF LIFE
4. THE AGE OF DELAYED DEGENERATIVE DISEASE
4. THE AGE OF DELAYED DEGENERATIVE DISEASE
- ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE
- BETTER DIETS
- CANCERS
- CADIOVASCULAR DISEASE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PARASITIC DISEASES
- INCREASED POVERTY
- DISEASE SPREAD BY TRAVEL
- EVOLUTION OF DISEASES
- AIDS