Diseases and Disorders: Defining and Classifying

Disease and Disorders
Module 1

​Wellness 11 Chapter 23

Poll

What are the TOP 2 leading causes of death in the United States?

• Cancer

• Influenza and Pneumonia

• Diabetes

• Heart Disease

• Unintentional Injuries (aka accidents)

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CDC Statistics

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Reorder

According to the CDC, order the causes of death in a descending order starting with the largest.

• Heart Disease

• Accidents (Unintentional Injuries)

• Chronic Respiratory Diseases

• Diabetes

• Chronic Liver Diseases

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Poll

After viewing the leading causes of death in the U.S.A., how surprised were you by the statistics?

• Not surprised at all.

• Somewhat surprised

• Really surprised

Categorize

Options (10)

Mono

West Nile Virus

Strep Throat

E. Coli

Heart Disease

Cancer

Asthma

Hypertension

Diabetes

Influenza

Organize the different diseases into one of the two types.

Communicable Disease

Noncommunicable Disease

Open Ended

What criteria did you use to organize the diseases and disorders?

​All diseases and disorders can be divided into 2 categories.

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Defining
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Classifying

Classifying Diseases & Disorders by Derek Nissley on Prezi

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Categorize

Options (8)

Cause is from "outside" the body.

Typically short-term durtation

Spreads through a community, population

Does not spread from person to person

Will have a longer duration.

Develops from problem "within" the body.

Treatment is managing symptoms.

Treatment is to "destroy" the cause of the disease.

Organize the characteristics of disease and disorders into its type.

Communicable

Noncommunicable