Definition of Prevention
Source: United Nations (U.N.) Population Division, Demographic Indicators, 1950-2050 (The 1996 Revision) (U.N., New York, 1996).
Historical Examples of Global Prevention Activities
Vaccinationavailable
Streptomycinintroduced
Koch identifiedtuberclebacillus
Death rate for Tuberculosis, 1860-1960, United States, Source: US Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States; Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1975), Part 1 pp58,63. Note: Data between 1860 and 1900 for Massachusetts only.
Source: Thomas McKeown, The Modern Rise of Population (Academic Press, San Francisco, 1976), pp. 93, 96.
Introduction
Community• US$4.18 cost per illness-cases incur 83% of cost (=10 days income; 1/3rd for drugs,
>1/3rd due to lost income). • Govt pays 17% of cost per illness and creates treatment system and case-management
standards
Source: US Bureau of the Census
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