Diseases Key Terms

What does mortality mean?

• Death
• Health
• Illness
• Physically able

"The occurrence of a disease or condition that damages health and quality of life"

• Morbidity
• Mortality

What is another term for chronic diseases?

• Communicable
• Noncommunicable

Noncommunicable diseases are...

• Passed from person to person
• Not passed from person to person

"Diseases that strike people whose immune systems are vulnerable as a result of an existing condition such as HIV"

• Opportunistic diseases
• Zoonotic diseases

What is the name from microorganisms - such as bacteria and viruses - that cause disease? 

• Disease vector
• Pathogen

These are infectious diseases of animals such as rabies, plague and psittacosis, which can cause disease when transmitted from animals to humans...

• Opportunistic diseases
• Noncommunicable diseases
• Communicable diseases
• Zoonotic diseases

Which type of disease exists permanently in a geographical area or population group. Examples include sleeping sickness, confined to rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Pandemic
• Epidemic
• Endemic
• Contagious

What is an epidemic?

• An outbreak of a disease that attecks many people at the same time and spreads through a population in a restricted geographical area
• An outbreak of a disease that has spread worldwide such as the black plague

What is the name for an epidemic that has spread worldwide?

• Endemic
• Pandemic