The Difference Between the Life Expectancy and Healthy Adjusted Life

question 46

Multiple Choice

The difference between the life expectancy and healthy adjusted life expectancy is a measure of the average equivalent number of years lost due to:

• A)bad health and disability.
• B)a bad economy.
• C)bad health excluding disability.
• D)death of a breadwinner in the family.
• E)to disability excluding bad health.

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA, acting as instructions to make molecules called proteins.

Twin Study

A study in which groups of monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic (fraternal) twins of the same sex are compared to each other and to other family members for similarity on a given trait.

Monozygotic Twins

Twins that are genetically identical because they were formed from a single fertilized egg that split into two, sharing 100% of their genes.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, these are siblings born at the same time who have developed from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm, sharing about 50% of their DNA.