Our every-other-year salary survey profiles over 250 large churches (with an average weekend worship attendance of at least 1,000 adults and children) on compensation issues. Includes: 1  Over 25 colorful graphics and tables. 2  Findings clustered by six sizes of churches, from 1,000 to 15,000 in attendance.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. The 4 main types of noncommunicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
A chronic condition is a human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The term chronic is usually applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months.Common chronic diseases include arthritis, asthma, cancer, COPD, diabetes and viral diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS.In medicine, the opposite of chronic is acute.A chronic course is further distinguished from a recurrent course; recurrent diseases relapse repeatedly, with periods of remission in between.xamples of chronic diseases and health conditions include: 1  Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. 2  Addiction. 3  Autoimmune diseases, such as ulcerative colitis, lupus erythematosus, Crohn's Disease, Coeliac Disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Relapsing polychondritis.