1. Lesson 4 – Personal/Consumer Health
Chronic Diseases

2. Top 3 Leading Causes of Death (all ages)
Cardiovascular Disease
Lifestyle – 54%
Environment – 9%
Heredity – 25%
Cancer
Lifestyle – 37%
Environment – 24%
Heredity – 29%
Stroke
Lifestyle – 50%
Environment – 22%
Heredity – 21%
-CDC

3. How does Decision Making Play a role with these Health Problems?
Health Determinants
Heredity
Environment
Individual Choice/Behavior – most influential determinant for modern health problems in US!
WHY?
How does Decision Making Play a role with these Health Problems?

4. DATA (CDC) # of Deaths per year 2.6 million
Life Expectancy – 78 years (women)
74 years (men)
Heart Disease – 654,486
Cancer – 555,888
Stroke – 153,074
Accidents (unintentional) – 114,012

5. Cardiovascular Disease Disease that affects heart or blood vessels
Hypertension
High Blood Pressure
Silent Killer
Eat Healthy
Exercise
Manage weight
Hereditary
Atherosclerosis
Accumulation of plaque on the artery walls
Unhealthy Diet
Can lead to stroke and heart attacks
Stress

6. Cancer Uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells
Smoking, air pollution, hereditary
Tumor – abnormal mass of tissue
Lung – Carcinoma
No immediate symptoms
Severe cough, shortness of breath
Wheezing, blood
Detected by x-ray

7. Osteoporosis Progressive loss of Bone Older people
Reduce risk during teen years
Exercise
diet
Calcium Supp.
Detected by bone scan

8. Bronchitis
Inflammation of the bronchi caused by infection or exposure to irritants.
Mucus
Coughing
Wheezing
Shortness of Breath
Treatments: antibiotics and reduce exposure.

9. Emphysema Always caused by smoking
Destroys the walls of the alveoli (lungs)
Symptoms: breathing difficulty and chronic cough
May need to use oxygen to breathe

10. Resources
Heart Disease
Lung Cancer
Osteoporosis
Emphysema