A service was held at Notre Dame Cathedral and hundreds of people congregated at the Place de la Republique. France held a two-minute silence at midday on Monday (11am GMT). People gather for a national service for the victims of the terror attack at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris Photo: AP.
Determinants account, in some measure, for the underlying rates of disease in a population, while variations in these rates are explained by risk factors. The social determinants of health include socioeconomic circumstances, social structure and function, and cultural factors.
Social Determinants of Health: How Social and Economic Factors Affect Health 5 This chart also illustrates that higher levels of education are not only associated with better health, but that in general, higher educational attainment is correlated with better health at each step along the ladder or continuum, controlling for behaviors.