Birth and death rates

Question 1

What are birth and death rates?

Answer 1

birth-amount of live babies born in per 1000 people in a region
death- amount of people dead per 1000 people

Question 2

What is a wide spread illness?

Answer 2

illness throughout country

Question 3

What is an epidemic?

Answer 3

illness throughout province

Question 4

What is a pandemic?

Answer 4

illness throughout continents

Question 5

What is another name for the Black Death?

Answer 5

Bubonic plague

Question 6

Describe the Black Death :

Answer 6

pandemic
central Asia-china-Europe-England in 1348
fleas of black rat
reduced Europe population by 30-60%

Question 7

Describe small pox:

Answer 7

contagious
fever+pustules
may 1713 pandemic proportions
Khoisan affected most lost 10% population

Question 8

Describe HIV and AIDS:

Answer 8

hit sub Saharan Africa hardest
destroys immune system
2005 killed 25m. people in world

Question 9

Describe TB:

tuberculosis

Answer 9

airborne
mycrobacterium tuberculosis
affect lungs
22 countries=high burden TB countries
HIV,overcrowding,malnutrition= high risk factors

Question 10

Describe Malaria:

Answer 10

parasitic disease=from infected mosquito biting you

3.3 billion people at risk

Question 11

Describe Diarrhea:

Answer 11

infection of stomach& intestine
dehydration& electrolyte imbalances
unsafe water,inadequate sanitation,poor hygiene
infants are at most risk