Define epidemiology
How, where and why disease occur
And how they are controlled
What are the major causes of non communicable disease?
Nutrition
Lifestyle
Genetic Inheritance
What two diseases cause 2/3 of all premature deaths in UK?
CVD
Cancer
Define zootonic disease and give an example:
Transmitted from animals to humans
Rabies
Define endemic:
Exists permanently within an area/population
Define epidemic and give an example:
Disease outbreak that attacks many people at the same time
Ebola - March 2014
Define pandemic and give an example:
Global epidemic
Black Death - 14th century
Define infectious disease:
Spread by pathogens (bacteria/virus)
Transmitted from person to person
Define non infectious disease:
Not communicable
Define communicable disease:
Infectious disease that spread from person to person but do not require quarantine
Define non communicable disease:
Not spread from person to person
Causes relate to lifestyle etc..
Define contagious disease:
Infectious disease easily spread through direct or indirect contact between people (typhoid/Ebola)
Define non contagious disease:
Cannot be spread through contact
