the Age of Receding Pandemics—a transition stage—in which the risk of death from infectious and parasitic diseases declines and risk of death from degenerative diseases increases.
This part shows how the introduction of sanitation and better cleaning policies helped reducing the spread of infectious diseases. The main health concern then shifted to chronic illnesses.
As populations became less susceptible to infectious diseases and less likely to die from them, chronic degenerative diseases such as coronary heart disease and cancer became more prominent.
This section shows how the health issues shift over time. As infectious diseases become less common, things such as cancer may become more popular.
day-to-day interactions among people.
I like this theory and find it fascinating, a professor in my other sociology class asked the class why we walk on the right side of the hallway, why we raise our hand in class, and even though these questions were simple, nobody knew the answer. I like this theory because it is cool to step back and reflect on how society really operates and flows day to day.
sociological perspectiv
The paragraph above states that black individuals had the highest excess mortality, if we look at this issue through a sociological perspective, this makes me wonder what societal structures are in place causing this inequality? Lack of access to healthcare, poverty, or other social issues may influence this, and looking through the sociological perspective is benifitcla.