HLTHAGE 4G03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13.1: Coronary Artery Disease, Non-Communicable Disease, Sub-Saharan Africa

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 4G03
• Professor: Kapiriri

Document Summary

Key definitions: chronic disease and degenerative disease - often used interchangeably with noncommunicable disease. Ischemic heart disease caused 7 million deaths in 2010 and is the leading specific cause of death globally for all age groups and both sexes. Diabetes two types of diabetes called type 1 and type 2: type 1 is an autoimmune disorder that attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreases that produce insulin. Begins before age 30 usually: type 2 - adult-onset diabetes. most common form of diabetes mellitus present in around 90-95% of all diabetics. 2008: 2012 - 32. 6 million people 15 years or older, alive and who had cancer diagnosed in the previous 5 years, cancers of the breast and cervix have had a striking increase in recent past. Depression is the 4th leading cause of dalys, self-harm is 6th and anxiety is 10th.