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Epidemiologic Transition

Epidemiologic Transition. Stage I: Pestilence and Famine. Infectious and parasite diseases were principle causes of death along with accidents and attacks by animals and other humans. Thomas Malthus called these caused of death “natural checks”

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Epidemiologic Transition

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  1. Epidemiologic Transition

  2. Stage I: Pestilence and Famine • Infectious and parasite diseases were principle causes of death along with accidents and attacks by animals and other humans. Thomas Malthus called these caused of death “natural checks” • Most violent Stage I epidemic was the Black Plague(bubonic plague or black death) probably transferred to humans by fleas from infected rats

  3. Black Plague • Originated among Tatars in present day Kyrgyzstan • Diffused to present day Ukraine when Tatar army attacked an Italian trading post on the Black Sea • Italians fleeing carried the infected rats on ships west to major coastal cities of Southeastern Europe in 1347

  4. The plague diffused from the coast to inland towns and then to rural areas • It reaches Western Europe in 1348 and Northern Europe in 1349 • 25 million Europeans died from 1347 and 1350. This was one-half of the continents population. • In China, 13 million died from the plague in 1380.

  5. Stage II: Receding Pandemics • Improved sanitation, nutrition, and medicine during the Industrial Revolution reduced the spread of infectious diseases. • Death rates did not improve immediately and universally during the early years of the Industrial Revolution. • Poor people who crowded into Industrial Cities had high death rates due to Cholera

  6. Stage III: Degenerative Diseases • Associated with the chronic diseases of aging • Heart disease and cancer • Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have low incidences of cancer primarily because of low life expectancy.

  7. Stage IV: Delayed Degenerative • Life expectancy of older people is extended through medical advances. • Cancer medicines, bypass surgery, better diet, reduced use of tobacco, and alcohol • However, consumption of non-nutritious food and sedentary behavior have resulted in an increase in obesity in this stage.

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