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    The document discusses factors that influence regional health variations. It notes that more healthcare facilities and higher healthcare spending per person do not necessarily mean better average health. Cultural preferences for males in China and India have led to higher male birth rates. A country's life expectancy is directly related to the availability of healthcare facilities. The Gambia has a thin population pyramid due to a lack of healthcare, unlike the US and Denmark. An epidemic affects a local community while a pandemic spreads across multiple countries or regions.

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    The document discusses factors that influence regional health variations. It notes that more healthcare facilities and higher healthcare spending per person do not necessarily mean better average health. Cultural preferences for males in China and India have led to higher male birth rates. A country's life expectancy is directly related to the availability of healthcare facilities. The Gambia has a thin population pyramid due to a lack of healthcare, unlike the US and Denmark. An epidemic affects a local community while a pandemic spreads across multiple countries or regions.

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    Why does health vary by region?

    From last class: Total number of population is increasing because birth rate is higher than death rate

    - High cbr and high cdr = low NIR


    - Low cbr and low cdr = low NIR
    o These are not mathematically equivalent.

    More health care facilities and higher expensditure on health care per person doesn’t necessarily mean
    higher average health

    The reason for higher male birth rates in china and india is due to cultural preferences for males over
    females

    C. health and aging

    - More health facilities are directly related to the age expectancy of any given country

    The reason gambia has a thin age pyramid is because of a lack of health care facilities, whereas US and
    Denmark are the opposite.

    Epidemic is only concerned with certain communities, black plague is a pandemic, a pandemic doesn’t
    have to be throughout the world but it has to span across several countries or regions

    Example of an epidemic – localized malaria

    The difference is a pandemic is more widespread compared to an epidemic

    Health measures taken include medicine and health care facilities

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