In: Nursing
Which populations are most burdened by disease? Select all that
apply.
A) Teenage women
B) People of sub-Saharan Africa
C) Middle-aged men
D) Children younger than 5 years old
E) Pregnant women
B. people of sub saharn afraica are most burdened by disease because of occurence of non communicable disease like stroke, diabetes, otherr disease like malaria, HIV/AIDS, nutritional deficencies in children under years old, pollution are prevalence in subsaharan area. people are tend to have rspiratory tract infection.it has highest burden of disease than any other countries in the world
D. children younger than 5 year old has the highest incidence of disease like communicable disease, faulty nutrition , congenital disease, respirtaory disease
others are not applicable.
because middle aged men has lowest incidence disease than middle aged women. if it mentioned as middle aged people instead of middle men, then middle aged population has higest incidence of disease
mortality is higher in pregnant women than morbitiy
teenage has highest incidence of psychosocial problems than disease. they have may have risk factors for disease. it may be identified in the middle age.