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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................1MAIN SECTION.............................................................................................................................4CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8.........................................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTIONScreening refers to a process of measuring health of an individual or population, thatmight at risk of disease. Early, in 19th century, due to improper sanitation, impure water andinappropriate diet, were the main leading causes of death, that arise infectious disease. But today,as per PHE (Public Health England) analysis, the most occurring diseases that increase death rateand reduce life expectancy are non-communicable one. It includes cancer, heart disease, stroke,influence, leukaemia, dementia and Alzhemier's disease etc. Therefore, to improve lifeexpectancy, it is essential to measure health of an individual and a population group, so thatcauses behind same can be reduced to prevent others (Finn and et. al., 2016). Under the presentreport, a case study is taken on a 65-year old woman, who is suffering from breast cancer. Formeasuring health of this patient, an analysis is done on regarding potential threat of cancer, bytaking a group of population of older age. This would help medical professionals to find and treattypes of cancer early, before it causes symptoms and lead to death. For this purpose,Mammography test is used to screen breast cancer, where early detection helps in reducing deathof females over 40 to 74 years. But during ongoing test of screening, some results shown that aperson is having cancer even when they don't have same. Such tests procedures could be harmfulfor health of a person as well, that makes them unnecessarily anxious and stressed. BACKGROUNDHealth refers to a state of being free from injury or illness. According to World HealthOrganisation (WHO), health can be defined as state of proper mental and physical condition, notmerely any absence of disease. Concerning on this definition of health, measuring well-beingcondition of a person early, helps in providing better and less treatment before a disease spreads.Along with this, it would aid professionals in reassuring a person if report is normal. For thispurpose, through national demographic and health surveys, some factors like increasing deathrate at early age due to some disease, infant mortality rate, etc. shows indicators of health anddisease of a population. Similarly, high or low blood pressure, obesity, uneasiness, low birthweight shows signs to measure health before occurrence of a severe disease (Mavaddat and et.al., 2015). To identify health risks and trends in UK, a data is taken from health profile ofEngland 2017, that is conducted by PHE, as shown below –1
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Leading causes of death rates in England (2015) – Leading causes of death vary by age in males (2015) – 2
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