Non-Communicable Diseases

• Non-communicable diseases= diseases that cannot be passed from person to person
• Lifestyles that affect rates of disease:

  • Alcohol
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
  • Diet
  • Exercise
• Genetics that affect rates of disease:

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Family history
  • Ethnicity
• Casual mechanism: How one factor influences another through a biological process
• How the environment affect rates of disease:

  • UV rays
  • Pollution
  • Ionising radiation