Political Prioritization
Channel: Counterpoint Politics
Date: 2021-01-02

Societies often face many problems at once. How can they prioritize between these problems in order to make the best use of their limited resources. What values and criteria should societies use to determine which problems are the most important?

0:00 Intro
1:04 Bad Prioritization
4:13 What Really Matters
6:10 Our Greatest Problems
9:25 Cardiovascular Disease
12:25 Cancer
14:47 Dementia
15:39 Respiratory Disease
16:26 Road Fatalities
17:32 Risk Factors
18:29 The Big Picture


Sources:
Our World in Data – Causes of Death: 
https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death

Preventable Cardiovascular Disease Deaths: 
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/200000-heart-disease-stroke-deaths-a-year-are-preventable-201309046648

Dietary Guidelines: 
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/healthy-diet

Poverty and Cardiovascular Disease:
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170607/NEWS/170609924/higher-heart-disease-risk-persists-for-low-income-populations

Deaths Due to Being Uninsured
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2008.157685?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Am_J_Public_Health_TrendMD_0

Neglect of Cancer Prevention:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343638/

45% of Cancers Can be Prevented:
https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/more-than-4-in-10-cancers-and-cancer-deaths-linked-to-modifiable-risk-factors.html

Poverty and Cancer:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074597/


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