Pealth

Sharing Burdens of Living With AIDS

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:17:29 -0400

In Mozambique, groups of AIDS patients are using a simple new system to be sure they get their lifesaving antiretroviral drugs: taking turns traveling to collect a supply of pills.

"Males have higher rates of fatal accidents per mile than females."

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:19:52 -0400

“Males have higher rates of fatal accidents per mile than females.”

- Gender Differences in Mortality - Wilkinson

Steep social gradients of health in the U.S. - D.C. example

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:34:00 -0400

When traveling along the distance of nearly 12 miles on the Washington, DC, Metro from downtown to Montgomery County, Maryland, life expectancy of the local population segment rises about a year and a half for each mile traveled. Poor black men at one end of the journey have a life expectancy of 57 years, and rich white men at the other end have a life expectancy of 76.7 years.

Amazing visualization! Hans Rosling

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:37:29 -0400

Amazing visualization! Hans Rosling

"In regions of the New World where tropical infections from Africa could establish themselves freely-..."

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:13:59 -0400

“In regions of the New World where tropical infections from Africa could establish themselves freely- coming as they did on top of crushing exposure to European infections-the result was almost total destruction of the pre-existing Ameridian population. On the other hand, in regions where tropical infections could not penetrate, like the Mexican interior plateau and the Peruvian altiplano the destruction of the pre-Columbian populations was less complete, though drastic enough even there.”

- William McNeal - People and Plagues

Now it makes sense! The pre-cambas had not chance against yellow fever and malaria brought over from Africa. Those cholitas were sneaky up in the altiplano!