High-risk people
A high-risk individual, high-risk person, or high-risk population is a human being or beings living with an increased risk for severe illness due to age, medical condition, pregnancy/post-pregnant conditions, geographical location, or a combination of these risk factors.
High-risk people qualification
High-risk people can be of any age. High-risk populations are vulnerable to serious illness. Globally, societal factors including limited access to healthcare and inadequate hygiene facilities can result in high-risk individuals. Access to proper healthcare is essential to the health and treatment of high-risk individuals, particularly high-risk mothers and infants. High-risk people are more susceptible to hospitalization and death from the Coronavirus disease 2019. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends high-risk persons get the COVID-19 vaccine. In addiction treatment lexicon, a high-risk person refers to a person with a high likelihood of addiction and/or high likelihood of relapse.
Criteria for COVID-19
Risk factors that have been cited in the United States as defining high-risk individuals for suffering the more serious symptoms of COVID-19 include:
* Being 65 years of age or older
* Being obese
* Living in a nursing home or long-term care facility
* Being diabetic
* Being pregnant/post-pregnant
* Having chronic kidney disease or are undergoing dialysis
* Having lung diseases, including moderate to severe asthma
* Having serious heart conditions or hypertension
* Being immunocompromised
* Having sickle cell disease
* Having neurodevelopmental disorders such as cerebral palsy
High-risk people qualification
High-risk people can be of any age. High-risk populations are vulnerable to serious illness. Globally, societal factors including limited access to healthcare and inadequate hygiene facilities can result in high-risk individuals. Access to proper healthcare is essential to the health and treatment of high-risk individuals, particularly high-risk mothers and infants. High-risk people are more susceptible to hospitalization and death from the Coronavirus disease 2019. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends high-risk persons get the COVID-19 vaccine. In addiction treatment lexicon, a high-risk person refers to a person with a high likelihood of addiction and/or high likelihood of relapse.
Criteria for COVID-19
Risk factors that have been cited in the United States as defining high-risk individuals for suffering the more serious symptoms of COVID-19 include:
* Being 65 years of age or older
* Being obese
* Living in a nursing home or long-term care facility
* Being diabetic
* Being pregnant/post-pregnant
* Having chronic kidney disease or are undergoing dialysis
* Having lung diseases, including moderate to severe asthma
* Having serious heart conditions or hypertension
* Being immunocompromised
* Having sickle cell disease
* Having neurodevelopmental disorders such as cerebral palsy
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