Mens and Womens health of Australia

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Across
  1. 2. The overall direction, pattern, or movement in health data or behaviors over time across a population (e.g., an increasing trend in mental health awareness).
  2. 5. Having an excess amount of body weight relative to height (typically a BMI between 25 and 29.9) that may carry potential health risks.
  3. 8. Any condition, resource, or habit that reduces a person's likelihood of developing a health problem or buffers them against risk (e.g., strong family relationships or regular exercise).
  4. 10. Planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful physical activity designed to improve or maintain physical fitness and overall health.
  5. 12. A group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells that destroy surrounding healthy tissue.
  6. 13. A chronic health condition where excessive body fat accumulates to the point (typically a BMI of 30 or above) that it significantly increases the risk of serious health problems like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
  7. 14. Any behavior, exposure, or attribute that increases the chance of developing a disease, injury, or poor health outcome (e.g., smoking or lack of physical activity).
  8. 15. A person's ability to find, understand, evaluate, and use health information and services to make informed decisions about their health and well-being.
  9. 16. A chronic respiratory condition where the airways become narrow, swollen, and inflamed, making it difficult to breathe; often triggered by exercise, dust, or cold air.
  10. 18. Expectancy An estimate of the average number of years a person born in a specific year can expect to live, based on current mortality rates.
Down
  1. 1. An umbrella term for a collection of symptoms caused by brain disorders that progressively impair memory, thinking, behavior, and the ability to perform everyday activities.
  2. 3. A factor that influences the health status of an individual or population. In PDHPE, these are categorized into individual, sociocultural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors.
  3. 4. The rate or prevalence of illness, disease, or injury within a population.
  4. 6. A life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel bursts, causing brain cells to be damaged or die.
  5. 7. A chronic condition in which the body cannot properly produce or use insulin, leading to high levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
  6. 9. The number of deaths in a given population over a specific period of time (often measured as a death rate).
  7. 11. Actions, strategies, or behaviors taken to stop illness, injury, or disease before it happens, rather than treating it after it develops (e.g., getting vaccinated or wearing sunscreen).
  8. 17. Australia’s publicly funded universal healthcare system that provides residents with access to free or subsidized medical services, public hospital care, and lower-cost prescription drugs.