Ch. 2 Review Health Risks

Life expectancy is an estimate of how long a person is likely to live

• true

• false

Life span is the actual number of years a person lives

• true

• false

________describes the presence of a disease, disorder, or injury that affects the health of a population

• Mortality

• Morbidity

• Life Span

• Life Expectancy

describes the number of deaths caused by a disease, disorder, or injury in a population

• Mortality

• Morbidity

• Life Span

• Life Expectancy

Two individuals can have the same disease but experience a very different quality of life

• true

• false

Quality of life is a person’s level of satisfaction with various aspects of his or her life

• true

• false

What are four areas that can be studied to measure a person’s quality of life?

• Health and functioning

• Psychological and spiritual

• Social and economic

• Family

• Morbidity and Mortality

Cancer is an illness related to what kind of risk factor?

• traumatic

• infectious

• genetic

PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) is a disorder related to what kind of risk factor?

• traumatic

• infectious

• genetic

Choosing to smoke tobacco products is related to what kind of risk factor?

• traumatic

• behavioral

• genetic