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996086
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Organization, World Health.
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Global Health Risks : : Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks.
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| Publication Statement
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Geneva :: World Health Organization,, 2009.
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1 online resource (70 pages)
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9240684204
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: 9241563877
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: 9789240684201
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: 9789241563871
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-62).
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| Contents
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Abbreviations; Summary; 1 Introduction; Figure 1: The causal chain. Major causes of ischaemic heart disease are shown. Arrows indicate some (but not all) of the path; ; Figure 2: The risk transition. Over time, major risks to health shift from traditional risks (e.g. inadequate nutrition or unsa; Figure 3: An observed population distribution of average systolic blood pressure (SBP, right-hand distribution) and the ideal p; Figure 4: Counterfactual attribution. Lung cancer deaths in 2004 (outer circle) showing the proportion attributed to smoking an.
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Figure 5: Low- and middle-income countries grouped by WHO region, 2004. Refer to Table A5 (Annex A) for list of countries and d2 Results; Figure 6: Deaths attributed to 19 leading risk factors, by country income level, 2004.; Figure 7: Percentage of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributed to 19 leading risk factors, by country income level, ; Table 1: Ranking of selected risk factors: 10 leading risk factor causes of death by income group.
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Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1Purpose of this report; 1.2Understanding the nature of health risks; 1.3The risk transition; Figure 1: The causal chain. Major causes of ischaemic heart disease are shown. Arrows indicate some (but not all) of the pathways by which these causes interact.; ; Figure 2: The risk transition. Over time, major risks to health shift from traditional risks (e.g. inadequate nutrition or unsafe water and sanitation) to modern risks (e.g. overweight and obesity). Modern risks may take different trajectories in differen; 1.4Measuring impact of risk.
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This report uses a comprehensive framework for studying health risks that was developed for the World Health Report 2002, which presented estimates for the year 2000. The report provides an update for the year 2004 for 24 global risk factors. It uses updated information from WHO programs and scientific studies for both exposure data and the causal associations of risk exposure to disease and injury outcomes. The burden of disease attributable to risk factors is measured in terms of lost years of healthy life using the metric of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY). The DALY combines years.
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Diseases-- Risk factors.
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Epidemiology.
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Mortality.
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World health.
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
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Causality.
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Data Collection.
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Data Interpretation, Statistical.
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Decision Support Techniques.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Demography.
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Disciplines and Occupations
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Environment and Public Health
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Epidemiologic Factors.
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Epidemiologic Measurements.
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Epidemiologic Methods.
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Epidemiology.
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Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms.
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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
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Health Occupations.
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Health Services Administration.
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Information Science.
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Investigative Techniques
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Medical Informatics Applications.
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Medical Informatics.
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Medicine.
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Mortality.
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Organization and Administration.
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Population Characteristics.
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Probability.
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Public Health.
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Quality of Health Care.
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Risk Assessment.
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Risk Factors.
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Risk Management.
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Risk.
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Statistics as Topic.
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Vital Statistics.
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Diseases-- Risk factors.
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Epidemiology.
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Mortality.
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World health.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.422
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| LC Classification
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RA651
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