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HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SERVICES STAGE 1 – PESTILENCE & FAMINE STAGE 2 – RECEDING PANDEMICS PANDEMIC: DISEASE THAT OCCURS OVER A WIDE GEOGRAPHIC AREA & AFFECTS A VERY HIGH PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION. CHOLERA, SPANISH FLU STAGE 3 DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS CANCER & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STAGE 4 DELAYED DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS POSSIBLE STAGE 5 INFECTIOUS DISEASES POSSIBLE REASONS FOR STAGE 5 • • • • • EVOLUTION: NEW STRAINS OF VIRUSES & BACTERIA ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES LED TO RESISTANCE TO DRUGS & INSECTICIDES MALARIA AS EXAMPLE POVERTY: UNSANITARY CONDITIONS PERSIST IN POOR REGIONS-UNSAFE DRINKING H2O, SANITATION ISSUES, COST OF TREATMENTS INCREASED CONNECTIONS: NEW PANDEMICS: AIDS, H1N1, SARS, EBOLA????? US DEATH STATS & WORLD STATS REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN HEALTH CARE DIPTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS • • • • • • • • REGIONAL RESOURCES 1 FACTOR IMR & LIFE EXPECTANCY MAJOR INDICES OF REGIONAL HEALTH DIVISIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPING & DEVELOPED NATIONS 17% INFANTS IN DEVELOPING NOT IMMUNIZED AGAINST MEASLES – 7% IN DEVELOPED– 25+ % IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA & SOUTH ASIA FEDERAL/NATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING FOR HEALTH CARE: SUBSIDIES, INSURANCE, ETC. $5,000 IN US VS. $100 IN AFRICA HOW MUCH OF GOVERNMENT BUDGET SPENT ON HEALTH CARE IS A FACTOR TOO # & AVAILABILITY OF DR.’S, HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS