For information on key health behaviors among Americans. Gives prevalence data for such behaviors as exercise and tobacco use for states and for the nation as a whole. (
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss
)
Table 1.2 (See p. 4 in your text.) Public health achievements of the twentieth century
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a series of reports on great public health achievement of the twentieth century; these reports and supporting material can be accessed from the CDC Web site Celebrating Ten Great Public Health Achievements. (
http://www.cdc.gov
)
Data on the life expectancy and leading causes of heath among Americans is available here. Look especially in the NCHS journal National Vital Statistics Reports and the annual NCHS publication Health, United States. (
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
)
For information on life expectancy and quality of life around the world, visit this site; check the most recent edition of their annual World Health Report series. (
http://who.int/en/
)
Figure 1.4 (See p. 8 in your text.)
Quantity of life versus quality of life