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Cambridge AS & A Level Geography

14.1Distribution of diseases

Distribution of diseases in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 14.1.1Use terms for the spread and impact of disease: outbreak, epidemic, pandemic, endemic, prevalence, morbidity, death rate, IMR, life expectancy, GDP and healthcare spending.
  2. 14.1.2Explain the spatial variation in disease and in causes of death between LICs, MICs and HICs.

Lessons

  • The geography of disease: distribution, measures and spatial variation

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Distribution of diseases: sample question

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What is an endemic disease?

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