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  2. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

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    Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.

  3. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  4. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals. Lists of plant diseases; List of pollution-related diseases; List of skin conditions; List of diseases by year of discovery; Disorders. List of communication disorders; List of genetic disorders; List of heart disorders; List of liver ...

  5. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    I. Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disorders: Respiratory infections and tuberculosis: 6.85: 19.49%: Enteric infections: 3.31 Sexually transmitted infections: 1.88 Tropical diseases and malaria: 1.37 Other infectious diseases: 1.57 Maternal and neonatal disorders: 4.00 Nutritional deficiencies: 0.52 II. Non-communicable ...

  6. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Chin J. B., ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 17th ed. APHA [American Public Health Association] Press; 2000. ISBN 978-0-87553-189-2; Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2009. American Academy of Pediatrics. 28th ed. ISBN 978-1-58110-306-9; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Works 24/7 ...

  7. Measles is debilitating and deadly, and cases are surging ...

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    Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. About ...

  8. Woman accused of faking symptoms of debilitating illness dies ...

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    A 2009 study of patients with heart disease symptoms found 31.3 per cent of middle-aged women “received a mental health condition as the most certain diagnosis”, compared to just 15.6 per cent ...

  9. 20 innovative breakthroughs that will transform your health - AOL

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    The first-ever gene therapies for sickle cell disease—a painful, debilitating, and life-threatening blood disorder—received FDA approval on the same day last December, but it wasn’t until ...