Types of Diseases        Examples
Acute Diseases
       Communicable
 Noncommunicable
Chronic Diseases
         Communicable
   Noncommunicable
Common cold, pneumonia,
mumps, measles, pertussis,
typhoid fever, cholera
Appendicitis, poisoning, trauma
Tuberculosis, AIDS, Lyme disease,
syphilis, rheumatic fever
Diabetes, coronary heart disease,
osteoarthritis, cirrhosis of the liver