Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 7

Refer to Table 1, and discuss why higher education is associated with cost being less inhibiting with respect to access to care and prescription drugs.

Table 1 Reduced Access to Medical Care, Dental Care, and Prescription Drugs among Adults 18 Years and Older during the Past 12 Months due to Cost, by Education among: United States, 2009

	No high school diploma or GED	High school diploma or GED	Some college or more
Did not get or delayed medical care due to cost	21.2	17.0	13.7
Did not get prescription drugs due to cost	19.3	14.0	8.8
Did not get dental care due to cost	26.6	19.7	13.7

Modified from National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2010 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans. Hyattsville, MD: 2010; Table 76.

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An expansive pyramid is defined as pyramid having broader base as well as tall with pointed shape, which shows a rapid population growth as well as lower proportion of the old age people.

This shape means that there is death of many persons with each cohort of the year so that less number of people is there in the older age. A stationary pyramid is block shaped and has a low mortality as well as fertility rate. It represents much more developed society.

The potential of the population for supporting itself in economic way is for the concern of public health as well as the political officials.