Distribution of Diabetes among Patients with Myocardial Infraction

Abstract

Communicable diseases can be .passed from one person to another. Such diseases m􀂍y be passed through common contact like colds or the flu. Other communicable diseases like AIDS and hepatitis may only be passed through sexual contact or sharing of infected hypodennic needles. Non-communicable diseases are not usuallY passed from one person to another. Such diseases however may be genetic or environmentally caused, o/� some cases caused by lifestyle choices like smoking. Over 90 per cent of the world's disease burden occurs in developin,g countries and most is due to communicable diseases. While chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, are on the rise, communicable disease remains the major challenge. HIV and AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are important communicable diseases targeted by global control programs. However, the emphasis on these three epidemics now threatens to undermine efforts of proven efficacy for the control of other diseases that affect developing countries, by diverting attention and resources away from them. (Michael Duty,2009)