Oral diseases are non-communicable with common risk factors [ 16, 17].
Unlike communicable diseases with their immediate symptoms, obesity has crept up almost unnoticed and Asian governments are unprepared to address it, said Dr. Gauden Galea, a Philippines-based expert with the World Health Organization.
"In recent years," Dr. Brilliant said, "39 new communicable diseases with a potential to become pandemic have jumped species," including SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome; monkey pox and bird flu.
"Of course this is a communicable disease, with population movements it can travel to other areas.
The researchers note that a marked decline in deaths resulting from communicable diseases (with the exception of HIV/AIDS) had helped to narrow the gap between the best and worst provinces from 21.4 years in 1990 to 12.8 years in 2013.
Binary logistic regression showed no significant association between age, gender and family history of communicable diseases with the metabolic syndrome.
It is a major communicable disease with public health and socioeconomic effects in the developing world (1 ).
In Australia, hepatitis C is one of the most commonly notified communicable diseases with an estimated prevalence approaching 1.5% [ 2].
Indeed, NCD mortality in LMIC now exceeds that of communicable diseases – with the exception of the African Region [ 1].
