Disease

Disease

1. Pathogen

   • A micro-organism that causes disease

2. Transmission

   • Passing a pathogen from one individual to another

3. Correlation

   • A change in one variable is reflected by a change in another

4. Cause

   • There is experimental evidence to prove that one factor causes another

5. Risk

   • A measure of the probability that damage to health will occur as a result of a given hazard

6. Lifestyle Factors

   • Factors to do with how we live that contribute to suffering a disease - these are in our power to change