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Non-communicable diseases, together, were the leading causes of age-standardized mortality rates, whereas CMNN diseases were leading causes of premature mortality in 2015. Although lower respiratory infections, tuberculosis, and diarrheal disease were the leading causes of age-standardized death rates, ...
For different types of specific CVDs, when stratified by sex and SDI or GBD region, low and middle SDI countries/territories and regions such as Central and South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe had increased burden of rheumatic heart disease, ischemic heart disease (most pronounced...
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Total global DALYs remained largely unchanged from 1990 to 2015, with decreases in communicable, neonatal, maternal, and nutritional (Group 1) disease DALYs offset by increased DALYs due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Much of this epidemiological transition was caused by changes in population ...
More generally, improving health care for ageing populations—in terms of non-communicable disease prevention, rehabilitation, and drug efficacy and safety—would help to reduce the burden of musculoskeletal conditions along with other conditions such as cardiovascular disease. Owing to the heterogeneous ...
Background: Tobacco control is an important strategy to reduce the disease burden caused by several non-communicable diseases. An in-depth understanding of the socio-demographic variations in tobacco use is an important step in achieving effective tobacco control.Aims: We aimed to estimate the age-...
Among 204 nations, Liberia, Benin and Sierra Leone registered the highest NTD prevalence, incidence and DALYs respectively in 2019—spotlighting the disproportionate disease toll in West Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Cameroon...