04 Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases (Numbers)

Question 1

NCDs kill how many people each year?

Answer 1

41 million

Question 2

Equivalent to how many percent do NCD deaths account for?

Answer 2

74%

Question 3

Each year, how many people die from an NCD before age of 70?

Answer 3

17 million

Question 4

How many percent of premature deaths YEARLY occur in low and middle-income countries?

Answer 4

86%

Question 5

Of all NCD deaths, what is the percentage of all-time death from low and middle-income countries?

Answer 5

77%

Question 6

What NCD account for most deaths and how many people annually?

Answer 6

Cardiovascular disease, 17.9 million

Question 7

NCD that accounts for second-most deaths and by how much?

Answer 7

Cancers, 9.3 million

Question 8

NCD that accounts for third-most deaths and by how much?

Answer 8

Chronic respiratory diseases, 4.1 million

Question 9

NCD that accounts for fourth-most deaths and by how much?

Answer 9

Diabetes, 2 million

Question 10

What percent of premature death do this four NCDs account for?

Answer 10

80%

Question 11

Tobacco accounts for how many deaths yearly?

Answer 11

8 million

Question 12

How many annual deaths because of excess salt/sodium?

Answer 12

1.8 million

Question 13

How many deaths can be attributed to insufficient physical activity?

Answer 13

830 000

Question 14

Economic losses from NCDs comprise _____ billion.

Answer 14

PHP 756.5

Question 15

Economic losses from NCDs is equivalent to what percent of 2017 GDP?

Answer 15

4.8%

Question 16

The economic losses should only account to _____ billion in the next 15 years according to the research.

Answer 16

PHP 28.9 billion

Question 17

Return of investment over 15 years according to the research.

Answer 17

PHP 377.7

Question 18

NCDs account for ____ percent of all deaths in the Philippines.

Answer 18

68%

Question 19

The probability of dying between the ages of 30 and 70 years from one of the four main NCDs
is _____ percent in the Philippine

Answer 19

29%

Question 20

Sin Tax Reform Law

Answer 20

2012 Republic Act 10351

Question 21

Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN)

Answer 21

2017 Republic Act 10963

Question 22

This plan addresses stunting, overweight and obesity

Answer 22

Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2017–2022

Question 23

This is a mobile health program together with a quit-line and smoking-cessation clinics

Answer 23

STOPSMOKE

Question 24

Graphic Health Warnings Law

Answer 24

2014: Republic Act 10643

Question 25

EO; Providing for the Establishment of
Smoke-free Environments in Public and Enclosed Places

Answer 25

2017: Executive Order No 26

Question 26

The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than _____ diseases and injury
conditions

Answer 26

200

Question 27

Worldwide, how many deaths every year result from harmful use of alcohol?

Answer 27

3 million deaths

Question 28

Worldwide, the deaths rom harmful use of alcohol account to what percent of all deaths?

Answer 28

5.3%

Question 29

Overall, ____% of the global burden of disease and injury is attributable to alcohol,
as measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

Answer 29

5.1%

Question 30

Alcohol consumption causes death and disability relatively early in life. In people
aged 20–39 years, approximately ____% of total deaths are attributable to
alcohol

Answer 30

13.5%

Question 31

In 2015, an estimated ___% of adults were not sufficiently physically
active (Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science
and Technology, 2015a).

Answer 31

43%