The epidemiologic transition Flashcards
1
Q
Stage 1
A
pestilence and famine
2
Q
stage 1 exapmples
A
The Black Plague
Pandemics
3
Q
stage 2
A
receding pandemecs
4
Q
stage 2 examples
A
Cholera and Dr. John Snow
5
Q
pandemic
A
disease that occurs over a wide geographic area nd affects as high proportion of population
6
Q
stage 3
A
degenerativedisease
7
Q
stage 3 examples
A
Heart disease and cancer
8
Q
stage 4
A
Delayed degenerative diseases
Medical advances prolong life
9
Q
stage 5
A
possible stage 5
reemergence of infetous disease and parasitic disease
evolution-poverty(patients stop drugs before medication is completed )-improved travel
