Disease classification

• Infectious disease


  A disease that is caused by contamination by a pathogen
• Pandemic


  A disease epidemic that has spread to a large group of people across a sprawling region, or across multiple nations or continents
• Epidemic


  Local spread of disease in a restricted geographical area and affects many people at the same time
• Endemic


  A disease that exists permanently in a geographic area or human group
• Infectious disease


  • Cholera
• Non-infectious disease


  Not caused by pathogens but by lifestyle, pollution, allergies and genetics
• Non-infectious disease


  • Cystic fibrosis
• Communicable disease


  A disease that can be spread from one organism/host to another through a variety of ways
• Communicable disease


  • HIV/AIDS
• Non-communicable disease


  A medical condition that cannot be passed between organisms
• Non-communicable disease


  • Cancer
• Contagious disease


  An infectious disease that is easily transmitted between humans
• Contagious disease


  • Coronavirus
• Non-contagious disease


  A disease that cannot be easily transmitted between humans (can be vector borne)
• Non-contagious disease


  • Malaria
• Zoonotic diseases


  Diseases that pass from an animal or insects to humans
• 60% of infectious diseases are zoonotic diseases
• Give an example of a Zoonotic disease


  • Rabies
• 71% of global deaths are caused from non-communicable diseases
• Of the 37.7 mil cases of HIV/AIDS, what proportion were in Africa?

  2/3
• How many HIV related deaths occurred in 2020?

  680,000
• What classification does TB come under?

  infectious, contagious and communicable
• Who is more likely to catch TB?

  Someone who knows somebody else who has been effected
• Which city has more than 40% of the UK TB cases?

  London
• Where in the world is TB more concentrated?

  Southern Africa
• How many TB cases were recorded in 2019?

  10 million
• How many TB deaths were recorded in 2019?

  1.5 million
• What is the most infectious disease in EDCs?

  TB
• What classification does diabetes come under?

  non-infectious, non-communicable, non-contagious
• What factor primarily causes diabetes?

  Lifestyle factors
• Which disease heavily impacts EDCs and ACs?

  Diabetes
• How many diabetes deaths were recorded in 2019?

  1.5 million
• How many diabetes cases were recorded in 2019?

  463 million
• What classification does cardiovascular disease come under?

  non-infectious, non-communicable, non-contagious
• What percentage of the worlds deaths is due to CVD?

  75%
• What is the number one cause of deaths globally?

  CVD
• How many CVD deaths were recorded in 2019?

  17.9 million
• What percentage of CVD deaths were caused by strokes and heart attacks?

  85%
• How many Chagas infections are there annually? (Endemic)

  7.6 million
• How many Ebola infections and deaths were there in 2015? (Epidemic)

  25,000 infections, 10,500 deaths