The first chart shows that the data is approximately normally distributed. The mean, mode and median are very close to being equal. The data show very little skewness. The mean is 166.9, standard deviation is 76.1 with 24 cases.
The boundary between contagious and non-contagious infectious diseases is not perfectly drawn, as illustrated classically by tuberculosis, which is clearly transmissible from person to person, but was not classically considered a contagious disease.he non-contagious category of infections usually require a special mode of transmission between persons or hosts. These include need for intermediate vector species (mosquitoes that cause malaria) or by non-casual transfer of bodily fluid (such as transfusions, needle sharing or sexual contact).
(kÉn-tÄ'jÉs) 1  Capable of being transmitted by direct or indirect contact, as an infectious disease. 2  Bearing contagion, as a person or animal with an infectious disease that is contagious. Our Living Language : A contagious disease is one that can be transmitted from one living being to another through direct or indirect contact. Thus the flu, which can be transmitted by coughing, and cholera, which is often acquired by drinking contaminated water, are contagious diseases.