Infectious Disease Exploration

Here is a chart to show you the deadliest of diseases and how they have changed over a 10-year period. Below the chart is a list with many of the infectious diseases that plague mankind. Pick one and really go for it with this project!

 

		2002		1993
	World population	6.2 billion		5.5 billion
	Total deaths from all causes	57 million	100%	51 million
Rank	Cause of death	Number Millions	Percentage of total	Number (millions)	1993 Rank
	Communicable diseases category	14.9	26.0%
1	Lower respiratory infections	3.9	6.8%	4.1	1
2	HIV/AIDS	2.8	4.9%	0.7	7
3	Diarrheal diseases	1.8	3.2%	3.0	2
4	Tuberculosis (TB)	1.6	2.7%	2.7	3
5	Malaria	1.3	2.2%	2.0	4
6	Measles	0.6	1.1%	1.1	5
7	Pertussis	0.30	0.5%	0.36	9
8	Tetanus	0.21	0.4%	0.15	12
9	Meningitis	0.17	0.3%	0.25	8
10	Syphilis	0.16	0.3%	0.19	11
11	Hepatitis B	0.10	0.2%	0.93	6
	Tropical diseases (6)	0.13	0.2%	0.53	9, 10, 16, 17, 18

Viral infectious diseases

AIDS � AIDS Related Complex � Chickenpox or Varicella � Common cold � Cytomegalovirus Infection � Colorado tick fever � Dengue fever � Ebola haemorrhagic fever � Epidemic parotitis � Flu � Hand, foot and mouth disease � Hepatitis � Herpes zoster � Influenza � Lassa fever � Measles � Marburg haemorrhagic fever � Infectious mononucleosis � Mumps � Poliomyelitis � Progressive multifocal leukencephalopathy � Rabies � Rubella � SARS � Smallpox or variola � Viral meningitis � West Nile disease � Yellow fever

Bacterial infectious diseases

Anthrax � Bacterial Meningitis � Brucellosis � Bubonic plague � Campylobacteriosis � Cat Scratch Disease � Cholera � Diphtheria � Endometriosis � Epidemic Typhus � Glanders � Gonorrhea � Hansen's Disease � Legionellosis � Leprosy � Leptospirosis � Listeriosis � Lyme Disease � Melioidosis � MRSA infection � Nocardiosis � Pertussis � Pneumococcal pneumonia � Psittacosis � Q fever � Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or RMSF � Salmonellosis � Scarlet Fever � Shigellosis � Syphilis � Tetanus � Trachoma � Tuberculosis � Tularemia � Typhoid Fever � Typhus � Whooping Cough

Parasitic infectious diseases

African trypanosomiasis � Amebiasis � Ascariasis � Babesiosis � Chagas Disease � Clonorchiasis � Cryptosporidiosis � Cysticercosis � Diphyllobothriasis � Dracunculiasis � Echinococcosis � Enterobiasis � Fascioliasis � Fasciolopsiasis � Filariasis � Free-living amebic infection � Giardiasis � Gnathostomiasis � Hymenolepiasis � Isosporiasis � Kala-azar � Leishmaniasis � Malaria � Metagonimiasis � Myiasis � Onchocerciasis � Pediculosis � Pinworm Infection � Scabies � Schistosomiasis � Taeniasis � Toxocariasis � Toxoplasmosis � Trichinellosis � Trichinosis � Trichuriasis � Trypanosomiasis

Fungal infectious diseases

Aspergillosis � Blastomycosis � Candidiasis � Coccidioidomycosis � Cryptococcosis � Histoplasmosis

Prion infectious diseases

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy � Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease � Kuru