Disease Patterns

Question 1

What is sleeping sickness?

Answer 1

A Sub- Saharan African endemic

Caused by parasites transmitted within a tsetse fly

Question 2

Give an example of an epidemic disease with facts

Answer 2

Ebola 2014
West Africa
11 310 deaths
39.5% fatality rate

Question 3

Give an example of a degenerative disease

Answer 3

CVD (heart attack, stroke)
Cancer
Respiratory disease

Question 4

Facts about malaria

disease type, vector, no. at risk, location

Answer 4

Infectious (not contagious)
Found in Africa/Latin America
3.2 billion people at risk
Transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes

Question 5

Facts about HIV

disease type, spread, stats

Answer 5

Contagious and infectious
Spread through blood/semen
35 million infected worldwide (2015)

Question 6

Facts about TB

disease type, spread, stat

Answer 6

Infectious, highly contagious
Spreads in poverty and overcrowded living conditions
95% of deaths in LIDCs

Question 7

Facts about diabetes

disease type, cause, stat, type 1 vs 2

Answer 7

Non communicable disease
Insulin deficiency
4 million deaths annually
Type 1: Hereditary
Type 2: Poor lifestyle

Question 8

Facts about cardiovascular disease

(types of CVD, stat, causes

Answer 8

Heart disease, stroke, angina
Major cause of morbidity in AC ageing populations
Causes link to tobacco, poor diet, physical inactivity
17 million deaths per year