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What contributes the highest percentage to determinants of health?
What part of the body continues to mature throughout early adulthood?
Which factor contributes 25% to determinants of health?
What is responsible for the formation of new synapses and myelinization in the brain?
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Which factor contributes 15% to determinants of health?
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Study Notes
Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
- Primary aging refers to age-related physical changes that have a biological basis and are universally shared and inevitable.
- Secondary aging refers to age-related changes that are due to social and environmental influences, poor health habits, or disease.
Health and Mortality in Early Adulthood
- 20 to 34-year-olds rarely die from disease; instead, age interacts with other variables to influence health, suggesting the influence of secondary aging.
Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy
- Health-adjusted life expectancy refers to the number of years one can expect to live in good health, free from disease or disability.
- According to a study by McIntosh et al. (2009), there is a correlation between income and health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada.
- In Canada, between 1991 and 2001, health-adjusted life expectancy varied significantly by income decile and sex.
- Figure 13.1 shows the remaining health-adjusted life expectancy (years) at age 25, by income decile and sex, in Canada, from 1991 to 2001.
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Test your knowledge of physical and cognitive development in early adulthood with this quiz. Explore the concepts of primary and secondary aging, and understand the age-related changes influenced by biological and environmental factors.
