B7

Question 1

what is a non-communicable disease?

Answer 1

a disease you cannot catch.eg; cancer

Question 2

describe the main differences between a communicable disease and a non-communicable disease

Answer 2

communicable spread between person to person and non-communicable diseases cant be spread

Question 3

what is a risk factor

Answer 3

anything that can increase the chance of developing a disease. they can be caused by lifestyle choices such as smocking diet.

Question 4

what is a correlation

Answer 4

the relationship between quantitative variables and categorical variables.

Question 5

what is a causal mechanism

Answer 5

what is the likely cause

Question 6

what is a tumour

Answer 6

An abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide more than they should or do not die when they should.

Question 7

what are the types of tumours

Answer 7

benign (not cancer)/malignant (cancer)

Question 8

differences between benign and malignant

Answer 8

benign is not cancer whereas maligned is cancer