Health Of The American Population?
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 57
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Questions and Answers
- 1.How does the American health rank amongst the rest of the world?
- A.
29th
- B.
20th
- C.
2nd
- D.
5th
- 2.How much of your adult life is based off of your first 1000 days of life?
- A.
10%
- B.
30%
- C.
50%
- D.
70%
- 3.How much does the U.S. spend per person on health care compared to the average of the other industrialized countries?
- A.
Three quarters of the average (75%)
- B.
The same (100%)
- C.
One and a half times as much (150%)
- D.
Two and a half times as much (250%)
- 4.The number of hospital beds (per 1,000 population) in the U.S. is lower than the average of other industrialized countries.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.There are fewer physicians per person in the U.S. than in most other OECD countries.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.How much of the population of adults in U.S. smokes cigarettes regularly?
- A.
10.5%
- B.
16.8%
- C.
37.4%
- D.
59.3%
- 7.The top 1% of American families own more wealth than the bottom:
- A.
30% combined
- B.
50% combined
- C.
67% combined
- D.
90% combined
- 8.Citizens of other countries have higher life expectancy than the U.S. because they:
- A.
Eat better
- B.
Have better universal health care
- C.
Smoke less
- D.
Are more egalitarian
- 9.Because of racism in the U.S. college educated African American’s have worse birth outcomes than uneducated white Americans.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.How much does the US spend on their healthcare as a percentage of their GNP?
- A.
23%
- B.
6%
- C.
12%
- D.
17%
- 11.Out of the 74 countries that make up the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development where does the US rank in stress levels? 1 being low stress, 74 being high stress.
- A.
5
- B.
36
- C.
71
- D.
54
- 12.How much of the worlds toy bill is in the US?
- A.
25%
- B.
12%
- C.
35%
- D.
58%
- 13.Which country below does not offer paid maternity leave? (select all that apply)
- A.
United States of America
- B.
Lesotho
- C.
Swaziland
- D.
Papua New Guinea
- 14.Per 100,000 live births, what is the U.S.’s maternal mortality
- A.
14
- B.
5
- C.
49
- D.
28
- 15.What is the most important determinant in one’s health status (life expectancy)?
- A.
Income and social status
- B.
Diet
- C.
Lifestyle choices (i.e. smoking, exercising)
- D.
Medical care and insurance
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