APES Chapter 8 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
health - ANSWER>>a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
disease - ANSWER>>an abnormal change in the body's condition that impairs
physical or psychological function
morbidity - ANSWER>>illness, Diet and nutrition, infectious agents, toxic
chemicals, genetics, trauma and psychological stress all play roles in it
mortality - ANSWER>>death, Diet and nutrition, infectious agents, toxic
chemicals, genetics, trauma and psychological stress all play roles in it
global disease burden - ANSWER>>Life expectancy increasing as infant mortality
decreases.
Diabetes is on the increase. One-third of children born in North America today will
develop diabetes in their lifetime due to poor diet and little exercise.
WHO projects that psychological conditions could increase their share of the
global disease burden from 10% currently to 15%.
Depression will be the second largest cause of all years lived with disability.
Tobacco related lung diseases are increasing. Biggest single cause of death
worldwide.
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) - ANSWER>>combine premature deaths and
loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability
Chronic conditions account for premature death and disease in both developed
and developing countries today.
By 2020, heart disease may become the leading source of disability and disease
worldwide. Global cancer rates will increase by 50%.
, infectious disease - ANSWER>>Communicable diseases are still responsible for
about 1/3 of all disease-related deaths.
Majority in countries with poor nutrition, sanitation, and vaccination
New diseases test our defenses in developed countries.
Better nutrition, clean water, improved sanitation and inoculation of children
could eliminate most of the deaths.
pathogens - ANSWER>>are disease-causing organisms
They include:
Viruses
Bacteria
Protozoans
Parasitic worms including flukes
Greatest loss of life in a single year from a pathogen was in 1918 when the flu
epidemic killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide.
Malaria is a major disease in tropical areas. About 600,000 people die each year.
emergent diseases - ANSWER>>one not previously known, or one which has been
absent for at least 20 years.
Bird flu
Ebola fever
HIV
Air travel makes it possible to spread emergent diseases around the globe quickly.
ecological diseases - ANSWER>>animal epidemics
White nose syndrome in bats is due to a fungus recently introduced into the
eastern US
California sea lions have herpes 1 virus spread to them from human sewage.
An imported fungus is killing oak, redwoods, and Douglas fir trees in California.
Dermo, a parasite of oysters, is spreading rapidly along the east coast due to
climate warming.
ANSWERS
health - ANSWER>>a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
disease - ANSWER>>an abnormal change in the body's condition that impairs
physical or psychological function
morbidity - ANSWER>>illness, Diet and nutrition, infectious agents, toxic
chemicals, genetics, trauma and psychological stress all play roles in it
mortality - ANSWER>>death, Diet and nutrition, infectious agents, toxic
chemicals, genetics, trauma and psychological stress all play roles in it
global disease burden - ANSWER>>Life expectancy increasing as infant mortality
decreases.
Diabetes is on the increase. One-third of children born in North America today will
develop diabetes in their lifetime due to poor diet and little exercise.
WHO projects that psychological conditions could increase their share of the
global disease burden from 10% currently to 15%.
Depression will be the second largest cause of all years lived with disability.
Tobacco related lung diseases are increasing. Biggest single cause of death
worldwide.
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) - ANSWER>>combine premature deaths and
loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability
Chronic conditions account for premature death and disease in both developed
and developing countries today.
By 2020, heart disease may become the leading source of disability and disease
worldwide. Global cancer rates will increase by 50%.
, infectious disease - ANSWER>>Communicable diseases are still responsible for
about 1/3 of all disease-related deaths.
Majority in countries with poor nutrition, sanitation, and vaccination
New diseases test our defenses in developed countries.
Better nutrition, clean water, improved sanitation and inoculation of children
could eliminate most of the deaths.
pathogens - ANSWER>>are disease-causing organisms
They include:
Viruses
Bacteria
Protozoans
Parasitic worms including flukes
Greatest loss of life in a single year from a pathogen was in 1918 when the flu
epidemic killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide.
Malaria is a major disease in tropical areas. About 600,000 people die each year.
emergent diseases - ANSWER>>one not previously known, or one which has been
absent for at least 20 years.
Bird flu
Ebola fever
HIV
Air travel makes it possible to spread emergent diseases around the globe quickly.
ecological diseases - ANSWER>>animal epidemics
White nose syndrome in bats is due to a fungus recently introduced into the
eastern US
California sea lions have herpes 1 virus spread to them from human sewage.
An imported fungus is killing oak, redwoods, and Douglas fir trees in California.
Dermo, a parasite of oysters, is spreading rapidly along the east coast due to
climate warming.
