definition of prevention source: united nations (u.n.) population division, demographic indicators,...

Definition of Prevention

Source: United Nations (U.N.) Population Division, Demographic Indicators, 1950-2050 (The 1996 Revision) (U.N., New York, 1996).

Historical Examples of Global Prevention Activities

Vaccinationavailable

Streptomycinintroduced

Koch identifiedtuberclebacillus

Death rate for Tuberculosis, 1860-1960, United States, Source: US Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States; Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1975), Part 1 pp58,63.  Note: Data between 1860 and 1900 for Massachusetts only.

Source: Thomas McKeown, The Modern Rise of Population (Academic Press, San Francisco, 1976), pp. 93, 96.

Introduction

Community• US$4.18 cost per illness-cases incur 83% of cost (=10 days income; 1/3rd for drugs,

>1/3rd due to lost income). • Govt pays 17% of cost per illness and creates treatment system and case-management

standards

Source: US Bureau of the Census

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