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Health and disease

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Health   A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not only the absence of disease and infirmity.  
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Disease   A malfunction of the mind or body.  
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Physical disease   Permanent or temporary damage to any part of the body. Eg. multiple sclerosis, dengue fever, measles  
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Mental disease   Changes to the mind which may or may not have a physical cause. Eg. schizophrenia, depression, anxiety  
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Acute disease   Disease with a rapid onset that lasts for a short time. Eg. influenza, dengue fever  
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Chronic disease   Disease with slow onset that lasts for a long time. Eg. chronic bronchitis  
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Infectious (communicable) disease   Causative agent is a pathogen Eg. dengue fever, HIV/AIDS, measles  
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Non-infectious (non-communicable) disease   Any disease not caused by a pathogen Eg. stroke, multiple sclerosis  
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Deficiency disease   Caused by a poor diet Eg. iron deficiency anaemia  
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Degenerative disease   A gradual decline in body functions Eg. coronary heart disease, HIV/AIDS  
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Inherited (genetic) disease   A genetic disease caused by a faulty allele Eg. sickle cell anaemia, haemophilia, Huntington's disorder, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID)  
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Self-inflicted disease   Damages to the body brought about by a person's own actions Eg. lung cancer, drug dependency, Type 2 diabetes.  
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Social disease   Disease often influenced by social behaviours of others Eg. lung cancer, drug dependency.  
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Epidemiology   The study pf the spread of disease and the factors that affect it.  
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Incidence   The number of new cases of a disease in a population in a given time.  
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Incidence formula   = number of new cases of a given disease in a certain period/ number of individuals in a population  
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Prevalence   The overall number of people in a population with a particular disease at a given time, regardless of when the disease was first recognized.  
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Mortality rate   The number of people who have died of a particular disease in a given time.  
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Mortality rate formula   = number of deaths due to particular disease/ number of individuals in the population OR number of affected individuals in the population  
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Morbidity   The number of people who have a particular disease in a given time.  
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Endemic   Infectious diseases are referred to as endemic if the disease is always present in the population. Eg. chickenpox  
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Epidemic   Refers to any disease that spreads suddenly to a large number of people over a widespread area. Eg. Yellow fever  
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Pandemic   Refers to a disease outbreak that spreads across countries and continents. Eg. HIV/AIDS.  
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