Diseases and immunity — IGCSE Sciences - Co-Ordinated (0654) questions by topic

Working out a percentage increase in HIV infections from a bar chart, interpreting a coronary heart disease risk profile built from age, family history and lifestyle notes, and calculating a percentage decrease in infections between two given years make up the 6 diseases and immunity questions from 2023 and 2024, worth 6 to 12 marks.

Calculate and state lead the command words, with suggest, identify and explain used for reasoning about risk factors from a case study. Because percentage-change calculations here are easy to invert, drill them and submit for instant marking, so a swapped numerator or missing percentage sign is caught immediately rather than recurring across both increase and decrease questions.

May–June 2024, Paper 41

Question 7 · 12 marks

Fig. 7.1 is a diagram showing the difference in the cells lining the gas exchange system of a person that smokes tobacco and a person that does not smoke tobacco. In the smoker's…

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May–June 2024, Paper 42

Question 7 · 6 marks

A student investigates antibiotic resistance in one strain of bacteria. They use five different antibiotics on paper discs, placed in a Petri dish with the bacteria and left for…

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October–November 2024, Paper 31

Question 4 · 12 marks

The number of new infections of HIV in one country was estimated in 2000 and 2018. Table 4.1 shows the results: year 2000 - 280 new infections; year 2018 - 170 new infections.…

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May–June 2023, Paper 32

Question 4 · 10 marks

The number of new infections of HIV each year in one country is recorded. Fig. 4.1 is a bar chart (number of new HIV infections, years 1998–2008). Calculate the percentage…

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May–June 2023, Paper 33

Question 4 · 10 marks

The number of new infections of HIV each year in one country is recorded. Fig. 4.1 is a bar chart (number of new HIV infections, years 1998–2008). Calculate the percentage…

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October–November 2023, Paper 43

Question 1 · 9 marks

Fig. 1.1 shows medical notes from a person at risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD): Age 68; Family history: No coronary heart disease in the family; Other notes: smokes…

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