Author Question: Your textbook discusses gender comparisons in morbidity in North America. According to this ... (Read 78 times)

folubunmi · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Your textbook discusses gender comparisons in morbidity in North America. According to this discussion,

a. women live longer than men, so women are more likely to have health problems associated with old age.
b. although women are more likely than men to experience physical abuse from a partner, this abuse encourages women to seek health care, leading to higher morbidity.
c. morbidity is based on self-report, so there are probably no actual gender differences in morbidity.
d. morbidity is calculated in a biased way, and women are actually less likely than men to have serious health problems.

Question 2

On a talk show about medical issues, you hear the guest physician discussing the number of people in the United States whose overall health is poor. A term you are especially likely to hear in connection with this discussion is

a. morbidity.
b. disability.
c. mammography.
d. comorbidity.