University of Central Florida

SYO 4400

CH 4 Medical Sociology True False Questions

1)A 2008 study found a decline in female life expectancy. The decline was most common in urban, low-income female populations.

 

 

 

2. The downturn in female life expectancy was due to a rise in mortality from chronic diseases related to smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure.

 

                                                               

 

3. A decline in female life expectancy is expected in the wealthiest countries, with the highest spending on health care.

 

 

 

4. The lives of men and women used to be more predictable in that men typically behaved in certain distinct ways and women in others.

 

                                                               

 

5. Patterns are emerging that show Americans moving toward greater inequality in mortality between the sexes.

 

 

 

6. Women tend to suffer from more frequent illnesses and disability, but their usual health disorders are not as serious or as life threatening as those encountered by men

 

                                                               

 

7. Although white females live longer than white males, black males live longer than black females.

 

 

 

8. Accidents cause more deaths among females than males.

 

 

 

9. There is an inverse relationship between mortality and morbidity when gender differences are considered.

 

                                                               

 

10. Studies of self-rated health typically show women rating their own health less positively than men do.

 

                                                               

 

11. The current trend in the United States is toward a decrease in smoking for females, but an increase for males.

 

 

 

12. Prior to 1979, Hispanics were counted as either white or black and not as a separate racial category by the National Center for Health Statistics.

 

 

 

13. It appears that Hispanics have lower rates of smoking than either non-Hispanic whites or blacks.

 

                                                               

 

14. Projections for 2015 put the number of elderly at around 47 million.

 

                                                               

 

15. Typically, older people rate their health in a negative fashion

 

16. The adverse health situation of black Americans identifies a pattern that is generally produced by biological, not socioeconomic factors.

 

 

 

17. Perceptions of racism and racial harassment are associated with poor health.

 

                                                               

 

18. Obesity adversely affects physical and psychological well-being.

 

                                                               

 

19. Hispanic immigrants are generally in poor health when they arrive in the United States.