Hi all,
This might be of interest, given what it says about disabilities, which
have implications for transportation from the perspective of mobility and
accessibility.
Phyllis
"Joel Moskowitz" <jmm(a)berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, December 13, 2012 12:28 pm
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Compliments of Center for Family and Community Health School of Public
Health University of California, Berkeley
http://cfch.berkeley.edu
New Burden of Disease study shows world's people living longer but with
more disability
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/healthy-life-expectancy/
The health of most of the planet's population is rapidly coming to
resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too
much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often
darkened by disability.
High blood pressure is now the leading risk factor for disease around
the world. Alcohol use is the third. Low back pain now causes more
disability than childbirth complications or anemia.
We are in transition to a world where disability is the dominant concern
as opposed to premature death, said Christopher J. L. Murray of the
University of Washington, who headed the Global Burden of Disease Study
published Thursday.
http://www.thelancet.com/themed/global-burden-of-disease