Many, often interacting factors, determine a person's health or disease state. This section provides information on a wide range of determinants of health, arranged into four major groups including:
- socio-economic factors: education, occupation, employment, poverty and income distribution;
- environment: social support, airborne particulate matter and working conditions;
- health behaviours: smoking, alcohol use, drug use, food consumption, physical activity and breastfeeding; and
- biological and personal factors: overweight and blood pressure.
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