b. Health-related determinants

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These are factors that can bring about a change in the health condition of an individual. There are two types of determinants:

Endogenous determinants (intrinsic factors):

• gender, age, physiological factors and psychological factors

• genetic characteristics

Exogenous determinants (extrinsic factors):

• life style and behavior (food consumption, smoking, drug dependence, alcoholism, high-risk activities, etc.)

• physical and social environment (living conditions, social entourage, education, school environment, professional environment, leisure activities, etc.)

• socio-demographic characteristics

• healthcare system (extent of preventive medical management techniques, diagnostics, therapy, iatrogenic incidents, level of healthcare, etc.)