SOC 170 Reading Quizzes Part 2: Population Health

Q9: Which of the following refers to how old someone feels? A. Sociological age B. Biological age C. Chronological age D. Subjective age

D. Subjective age

Q8: How do demographers validate an individual's lifespan? A. By tracing administrative records, like birth certificates and census records, over an individual's lifespan B. By using search engines to find family trees and social media reports of an individual's life C. By comparing reports from multiple family members

A. By tracing administrative records, like birth certificates and census records, over an individual's lifespan

Q10: What are health reversals? A. Factors that prevent mortality levels from decreasing or lead to increased mortality at the population level B. The point of disease onset or loss of functioning C. Individual recovery from a near-fatal illness

A. Factors that prevent mortality levels from decreasing or lead to increased mortality at the population level Shiro Horiuchi defines health reversals as the factors or conditions that either prevent mortality levels from declining or lead to an increase in mortality levels at the population level.

Q10: Which of the following causes did NOT contribute to the rising mid-life mortality documented by Case and Deaton? A. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis B. Diabetes C. Drug overdoses D. Suicide

B. Diabetes

Q8: Who are super-centenarians? A. Older adults with a lower prevalence of chronic disease B. Individuals aged 110 years and older C. Populations with an above average number of centenarians

B. Individuals aged 110 years and older

Q11: According to Preston and Vierboom, what percentage of all U.S. deaths would be prevented if the U.S. had the same mortality rates as Europe? A. 7% B. 15% C. 12%

C. 12%

Q8: What is the compression of morbidity hypothesis? A. Poor health will become concentrated among a smaller share of the population B. Poor health will become more common at younger ages and less common at older ages C. Increased life expectancy will be accompanied by a shortening of the length of time spent in poor health

C. Increased life expectancy will be accompanied by a shortening of the length of time spent in poor health

Q9: Where is the population age group 60 years and older growing the fastest? A. More developed countries B. Least developed countries (LDCs) C. Less developed countries (excluding LDCs)

C. Less developed countries (excluding LDCs)

Q11: What is the US mortality disadvantage?A. The faster pace of improvements in life expectancy in the U.S. relative to other rich democracies B. The faster growth of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality within the U.S. relative to other rich democracies C. The growing gap in life expectancy between the U.S. and other rich democracies

C. The growing gap in life expectancy between the U.S. and other rich democracies

Q9: What is the "longevity effect"? A. The change in the age distribution of the population B. The change in expectations of appropriate behavior at older ages C. The increase in population life expectancy as mortality declines

C. The increase in population life expectancy as mortality declines

Q10: Which of the following is NOT an example of a health reversal identified by Horiuchi? A. Re-emergence of infectious diseases B. Social alienation C. Unmet need for family planning D. Unhealthy life styles in wealthy societies

C. Unmet need for family planning Horiuchi identifies five health reversals: the early industrial revolution, unhealthy life styles in wealthy societies, the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, pollution, and social alienation.

Q11: True or False: Beckfield and Bambra estimate that life expectancy in the United States would be 3.77 years longer if the United States had the average level of welfare state benefits found in the other OECD countries. True False

True