Lifestyle illness is defined as a disease related to the way people live their lives. This is generally caused by the abuse of alcohol, drugs and smoking as well as lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating. Diseases that affect our lifestyle are heart disease, stroke, obesity and type II diabetes. Diseases that appear to increase frequency as the country becomes more industrialized and people live longer may include Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, atherosclerosis, asthma, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, syndrome metabolic, chronic renal failure, osteoporosis, stroke, depression, obesity and vascular dementia. In the UK death rates are four times higher than respiratory diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyles.
Some commentators maintain the distinction between a disease of longevity and a disease of civilization or disease of prosperity. Certain diseases, such as diabetes, dental caries and asthma, appear at a higher rate in young populations living in a "western" way; their increased incidence is not age-related, so the term can not be accurately used interchangeably for all illnesses.
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Cause of disease
Diet and lifestyle are major factors that are thought to affect susceptibility to many diseases. Drug abuse, tobacco smoking, and drinking alcohol, as well as lack of or too much exercise can also increase the risk of developing certain diseases, especially later on. Between 1995 and 2005, 813,000 Australians were hospitalized for alcohol.
In many Western countries, people started eating more meat, dairy products, vegetable oil, tobacco, sweet foods, Coca-Cola, and alcoholic beverages during the second half of the 20th century. People also develop less mobile lifestyles and higher levels of obesity. By 2014, 11.2 million Australians are overweight or obese. Rates of colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, endometrial cancer and lung cancer begin to increase after these dietary changes. People in developing countries, whose diets still rely heavily on low-sugar, low-sugar foods with little meat or fat have lower rates of this cancer. The cause is not just from smoking and alcohol abuse. Adults can develop lifestyle diseases through behavioral factors that affect them. It could be unemployment, unsafe life, poor social environment, working conditions, stress and home life can change a person's lifestyle to increase the risk of developing one of these diseases.
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Statistics of deaths in Australia
In 2013 there were 147,678 deaths in Australia mostly from lifestyle diseases including tobacco smoking, alcohol use and other drugs, unhealthy violence and weight had an impact on the death rate of Australians. The main cause of Australian men's death was heart disease with 11,016 deaths, followed by lung cancer with 4,995 deaths, and chronic lung disease killing 3,572. All of these conditions are mainly caused by smoking, alcohol abuse or an unhealthy lifestyle. In 2013 coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in 8,750 women, mainly as a result of their lifestyle. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease came second, affecting 7,277 women and third, cerebrovascular disease, killing 6,368. The three main causes of death can be minimized through lifestyle changes in the Australian population.
Table Shows the age of the deceased and the top five illnesses they experience.
Statistics of deaths in the United States
In 1900, the top three causes of death in the United States were pneumonia/influenza, tuberculosis, and diarrhea/enteritis. Contagious diseases account for about 60 percent of all deaths. In 1900, heart disease and cancer were ranked fourth and eight. Since the 1940s, the majority of deaths in the United States are caused by heart disease, cancer, and other degenerative diseases. And, in the late 1990s, degenerative diseases accounted for more than 60 percent of all deaths.
Lifestyle illness begins later in the life of the individual; they seem to increase in frequency as countries become more advanced and people live longer. This suggests that life expectancy at birth of 49.24 years in 1900 is too short for a degenerative disease to occur, compared to life expectancy at birth of 77.8 years in 2004. Also, survival to age 50 was 58.5% 1900, and 93.7% in 2007.
Prevention
Prevention is a drug or activity that aims to reduce the likelihood of disease or disorder affecting people. Lifestyle illness can be prevented for children if parents set them on the right track, because decisions and influence of early life can affect people in the future. Lifestyle illness can be prevented through tobacco smoking reduction The Australian Government has started this by introducing plain packaging for all tobacco products and increasing the price of tobacco production. Overweight and obesity can be prevented through a balanced lifestyle through healthy eating and exercise. Prevention can occur by someone who exercises lightly for 30 minutes every day or by doing moderate intensity exercise for 150 minutes a week. Examples of moderate exercise include brisk walking, swimming, cycling, or daily life activities such as mowing or cleaning the house. All the causes of lifestyle diseases can be prevented by quitting smoking and other drugs, reducing alcohol intake, processed meats (such as bacon and sausages), red meats (like pork, beef and lamb), fatty foods and with daily exercise..
See also this
- Disease prosperity
- Affluenza
- Health care in Australia
- Healthy living
- Health care in the United Kingdom
References
External links
- Media related to Lifestyle disease in Wikimedia Commons
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