Health and Disease Patterns
Geography ⇒ Human Geography
Health and Disease Patterns starts at 8 and continues till grade 12.
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Define the term 'health' as per the World Health Organization (WHO).
Describe how population density affects the spread of diseases.
Describe the impact of government health policies on disease patterns in India.
Describe the relationship between poverty and disease prevalence in India.
Describe the spatial pattern of malaria incidence in India.
Describe two ways in which urbanization affects health patterns in India.
Explain how climate affects the spatial distribution of diseases in India.
Explain how migration can influence the spread of diseases.
Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus? (1) Tuberculosis (2) Malaria (3) Influenza (4) Typhoid
Which of the following is a major cause of diarrhoeal diseases in India? (1) Clean water (2) Contaminated food and water (3) Vaccination (4) Physical exercise
Which of the following is a major cause of respiratory diseases in Indian cities? (1) Clean air (2) Air pollution (3) High rainfall (4) Low population density
Which of the following is a major lifestyle disease in India? (1) Malaria (2) Tuberculosis (3) Hypertension (4) Cholera
Fill in the blank: The government programme aimed at eradicating polio in India is called __________.
Fill in the blank: The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per __________ live births in a year.
Fill in the blank: The main cause of air-borne diseases is __________.
Fill in the blank: The main cause of vector-borne diseases is the transmission of pathogens by __________.
True or False: Immunization is an effective method to control communicable diseases.
True or False: Malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.
True or False: The Human Development Index (HDI) includes health as one of its components.
True or False: The spread of diseases is only determined by physical factors.
