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MeSH Heading: Noncommunicable Diseases
Tree Number(s): C23.550.291.898
Unique ID: D000073296
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073296
Scope Note: Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS.
Entry Term(s): Non-communicable Chronic Diseases; Non-communicable Diseases; Non-infectious Diseases; Noninfectious Diseases
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2022/05/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000621200
Scope Note: Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS.
Terms: Noncommunicable Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T000906684
Date09/06/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Noninfectious Diseases
Term UI T000923277
Date05/04/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Non-infectious Diseases
Term UI T000923278
Date05/04/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Non-communicable Diseases
Term UI T000927759
Date06/23/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Noncommunicable Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025