5.2 patterns in mortality

Question 1

5 categories of diseases

Answer 1

• infectious and parasitic diseases
• cancers (neoplasms)
• cardiovascular diseases
• respiratory diseases
• injury and poisoning

Question 2

description of infectious and parasitic diseases

Answer 2

can be transmitted from one person to another. they include diseases such as tuberculosis, polio, smallpox, hepatitis and STI’s such as Syphilis and Venereal Diseases

Question 3

description of cardiovascular diseases

Answer 3

conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels, leading to heart attacks and strokes, and is the leading cause of death globally

Question 4

cancer

Answer 4

a disease characterised by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that can invade and destroy healthy tissues, potentially spreading to other parts of the body

Question 5

injury and poisoning

Answer 5

injury: physiological damage to living tissue by immediate physical stress
poisoning: harmful effect of consuming/inhaling toxic substances

Question 6

respiratory conditions

Answer 6

a type of disease that effects the lungs and other parts of the respiratory system