NCM 112_A: Introductory Flashcards
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The number of people aged over 65 will rise from 390 million now to ____ million by 2025
reaching 10% of the total population.
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800 million
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Average life expectancy at birth in:
1955 = ?
1995 = ?
2024 = ?
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- 48 years
- 65 years
- 73 years
Over 5 billion people in 120 countries today have life expectancy of more than 60 years
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In 1997, of a global total of 52.2 million deaths,:
- 17.3 million were due to…;
- 15.3 million were due to…;
- 6.2 million were due to…;
- 2.9 million were due to…; and
- 3.6 million were due to…;
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- infectious and parasitic diseases
- circulatory diseases
- cancer
- respiratory diseases, mainly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- perinatal conditions
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What are the leading causes of death from infectious diseases?
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- Acute lower respiratory infections (3.7 million),
- tuberculosis (2.9 million),
- diarrhoea (2.5 million),
- HIV/AIDS (2.3 million) and
- malaria (1.5-2.7 million).
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