What is the deadliest disease?

zbeckabee

According to The World Health Organization: POVERTY. May 08 06, 9:46 AM

myjoey

Poverty is the world's deadliest disease according to the World Health Organization. May 08 06, 9:46 AM

Brainyblonde

Ischaemic heart disease http://www.who.int/features/qa/18/en/index.html 1918: deadliest disease event ever The most deadly disease event in human history was the1918-19 flu pandemic, which hit a world population exhausted by the First World War. This flu pandemic killed over 40 million people. The majority of those who died were healthy young men and women in their mid teens to early thirties. That was the last time the world had seen a flu virus that targets those in the prime of life… until today. The latest bird flu - H5N1 - has worrying similarities to the 1918 bug. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/avianflu/142.asp AIDS surpasses black death as deadliest disease in history http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/G/20021131.html May 08 06, 9:46 AM

zbeckabee

With regards to the above answer...bear in mind that a disease is an abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person afflicted or those in contact with the person. Sometimes the term is used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, syndromes, symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts these may be considered distinguishable categories. Thus...your other answer should be Ischaemic heart disease... http://www.who.int/features/qa/18/en/ May 08 06, 10:08 AM

SENTENTIA

Deadliest in terms speed in which it renders its victims dead is Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is one of the deadliest diseases known to man; the average life span of an inflicted person from the time of diagnosis until death is less than 6 months. http://www.kensavage.com/index.php/archives/americas-deadliest-disease-mesothelioma/ http://www.kensavage.com/index.php/archives/americas-deadliest-disease-mesothelioma/ Viraly speaking, Ebola. 2 to 14 days from onset to death. Fatality rates from Ebola: The case fatality rates were 88% in 1976, 100% in 1977, 59% in 1994, 81% in 1995, 73% in 1996, 80% in 2001/2002 and 90% in 2003. The average case fatality rate for Ebola Zaire is 82.6%. May 08 06, 10:51 AM