12F death rates

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what is the definition of death rates?
the number of deaths per 1000 per year
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what was the death rate in 1900?
19
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what was the death rate in 2012?
9
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what are the reasons for the decline in death rates?
improved healthcare, better working conditions, better nutrition, better environmental health, knowledge of public health, welfare benefits, less war and conflict
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what did Tranter say about better healthcare?
3/4 of the decline in deaths was because of the fall in infectious diseases
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what did Mckeown say about better nutrition?
it accounted for up to half of the decline in deaths
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what is the definition of life expectancy?
how long a person born in a given year can expect to live
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what was the life expectancy of a male in 1900?
50
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what was the life expectancy of a male in 2013?
90
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what was the life expectancy of a female in 2013?
94
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how does social class affect life expectancy?
lower social classes are more likely to have worse housing conditions causing health issues, have poorer diets and have higher levels of smoking/drinking
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how does gender affect life expectancy?
men are more likely to be risk takers and work in manual labour
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how does region affect life expectancy?
people from the north have lower life expectancies because of the north/south divide. Hull, Manchester and Blackpool have higher death rates than Turkey and Romania
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how does an ageing population affect family roles and structures?
more beanpole families, more single person households, more extended family ties, more women caring for elderly members, involvement of grandparents, traditional norms, divorce and remarriage
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what are the negative effects of an ageing population?
pressure on medical services, strain on dependency ratio, market tailored to elderly, strain on family sized housing, more taxes to pay for bus passes/pensions
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what are the positive effects of an ageing population?
more financial family support, childcare, knowledge, socialisation from grandparents
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what are the ways of improving the dependency ratio?
encourage single people to move to smaller housing, increase retirement age, encourage family members to care for elderly relatives, more care homes, increase pension for working longer, means test bus passes, encourage elderly to get part time jobs
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why wont elderly people from all social classes be able to provide financial support for their family?
lower social classes will have smaller pensions while middle class are more likely to have private pensions
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why might elderly women be less able to financially provide for their family?
fewer women worked in the past meaning they usually have smaller pensions
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why can the ageing population not be generalised?
the 65-95 group are all different depending on their age and are not all the same
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what is the new right view of an ageing population?
in favour because older people have more traditional norms, save their money, dont rely on the state and contribute to helping the family be self reliant
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what is the feminist view of an ageing population?
they say it contributes to the triple shift of women because they are more likely to have to care for elderly family members
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what is the marxist view of an ageing population?
they say the ageing population have a negative stigma because they are not working and dont contribute to capitalism
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what is the postmodernist view of an ageing population?
they say that the ageing population are all different because they are a large age group and cant be generalised about
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