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DISEASES
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THIS TERM IS USED TO COVER DATA ON SPECIFIC ILLNESSES AND DISEASES WHERE THEY ARE PRESENTED IN LONG, SOMETIMES CODED, LISTS. USE A MORE SPECIFIC TERM IF DATA COVER ONE OR TWO DISEASES. FOR DATA COVERING QUESTIONS ON GENERAL STATE OF HEALTH USE EITHER "HEALTH" OR "ILL HEALTH".
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DISORDERS
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	ASPERGERS SYNDROME AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS>> BACTERIAL AND VIRUS DISEASES>> CANCER>> CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES>> CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME CONGENITAL DISORDERS>> DENTAL DISEASES DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS>> EAR DISEASES>> ENDOCRINE DISORDERS>> EYE DISEASES>> GENETIC DISORDERS HAEMATOLOGIC DISEASES IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES>> LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASES MENTAL DISORDERS>> MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES>> NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES>> NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES>> OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES>> SKIN DISEASES>> UROGENITAL DISORDERS>> ZOONOTIC DISEASES>>	CAUSES OF DEATH DISABILITIES HEALTH HOUSE VERMIN ILL HEALTH INDUSTRIAL INJURIES INJURIES MORBIDITY PATHOLOGY SYMPTOMS TOXICOLOGY

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