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Reasons for decline in death rate? |
Improved nutrition - (Mckeown) Medical improvements Smoking and diet - (Harper) Public health measures |
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Mckeown ideas? |
Argues improves nutrition accounted for up to half the reduction in death rates. Better nutrition increased resistance to infection |
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Harper ideas? |
The greatest fall in death rates in recent decades has not come from medical improvements, but simply from the reduction in the number of people smoking |
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What is life expectancy? Has it increased or decreased? |
Refers to how long on average a person born in a given year can expect to live As death rates have fallen, life expectancy has increased |
