Social Determinants of Health

**Definition:** The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).

**Tree numbers:** - I01.240.425.756 - N01.224.425.762 - N01.400.675

**Synonyms:** - Socio-Economic Determinants of Health