HealthSmart: Personal Health & Wellness

Life expectancy is...

• the expected number of years of life remaining at any given age for one person.

• the expected number of years of life remaining at any given age for a group of people.

• the number of years a person actually lives

• the number of years a person has already lived

Life span is...

• the expected number of years of life remaining at any given age for one person.

• the expected number of years of life remaining at any given age for a group of people.

• the number of years a person actually lives.

• the number of years a person has lived. 

_____________________ includes all the things or aspects the make a person's life enjoyable and meaningful. 

• Life expectancy

• Life Span

• A good life

• Quality of Life

______________________________   develop inside a person’s body and can’t be “caught” or passed to other people. 

• Noninfectious Diseases 

• Infectious Diseases 

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contract 

____________________________   are illnesses or infections that can be passed from person to person. 

• Noninfectious Diseases 

• Infectious Diseases 

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact

Which is NOT an example of a pathogen spreading through direct contact? 

• Skin-to-skin contact 

• Through the air

• Blood

• Mucus 

• Other body fluids 

What is NOT an example of a pathogen spreading through indirect contact?

• Blood

• Through the air 

• Through an insect bite 

• Through food or water

• Through needles, syringes and other equipment.

You should wash your hands for ______ seconds. 

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

Many chronic diseases develop __________  and ______________. 

• quickly and cause symptoms right away

• slowly and cause symptoms right away

• quickly and don’t cause symptoms right away

• slowly and don’t cause symptoms right away

All of the following are controllable risk factors EXCEPT: 

• Your diet

• Stress

• Genetics 

• Drug Use