What is the difference between epidermic and pandemic?

Answer 1

“Epidemic” refers to a sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected. Similarly, a pandemic is basically an epidemic over a larger area—the CDC defines it as having spread “over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people.”

Answer 2

An epidemic is a marked rise in disease in a region affecting a localized population, while a pandemic refers to a disease outbreak that is worldwide and affects global populations. An epidemic not worldwide.

For example, malaria can reach epidemic levels in regions of Africa but is not a threat globally. Whereas a flu strain can begin locally (epidemic) but eventually spread globally (pandemic). This is not unusual for a new virus, because if people have not been exposed to the virus before, their immune systems are not ready to fight it off, and more people become ill. The SARS epidemic of 2003 is an example.

Swine flu started in Mexico City where it was feared to lead to epidemic proportions in North America, now that the flu has been found in New Zealand, Israel, Scotland and many other countries, it has become pandemic. The 1918 Spanish flu and the Black Plague are extreme examples of pandemics. Keep in mind, though, that a pandemic doesn't necessarily mean millions of deaths-it means a geographically widespread epidemic.

Answer 3

When a disease exists all the time in a specific region or among a particular population, it's known as endemic. When a disease spreads unexpectedly throughout a geographical region, it's an epidemic. When a disease spreads to multiple countries and continents, it's considered a pandemic.

Answer 4

A pandemic is something more global affecting the whole country or even the whole world and relates to the disease being widely spread geographically

An Epidemic describes a problem that grew out of Control when taking about medicine it is an occurrence of an illness that is actively spreading in a community at a particular time

Answer 5

Epidemic refers to multiple occurrences within a single given area or region, while pandemic refers to multiple occurrences in several or many different places at the same time. As in, a number of epidemics at once.

Answer 6

Epidemic is a disease outbreak and it spreads quickly. It affects many people at once. An epidemic occurs in a particular geographical area.

Pandemic is a type of epidemic that affects a larger geographical area, or it could be worldwide. Coronavirus has been declared as pandemic disease.

Answer 7

An epidemic is an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

Pandemic relates to geographic spread and is used to describe a disease that affects a whole country or the entire world.

Answer 8

Epidemic is a term that is often broadly used to describe any problem that has grown out of control. An epidemic is defined as "an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

Answer 9

An endemic disease is one that is present all the time in the population or area. Simply its in the people. Ex: malaria

This is contrasted to an epidemic disease, which occurs in widespread outbreaks affecting many individuals, and then essentially disappears.

Answer 10

Epidemics are regional and Pandemics are transcontinental.