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The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries.

Abegunde, Dele O, Mathers, Colin D, Adam, Taghreed, Ortegon, Monica, Strong, Kathleen·2007·The Lancet

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This paper estimates the disease burden and loss of economic output associated with chronic diseases-mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes-in 23 selected countries which account for around 80% of the total burden of chronic disease mortality in developing countries. In these 23 selected low-income and middle-income countries, chronic diseases were responsible for 50% of the total disease burden in 2005. For 15 of the selected countries where death registration data are available, the estimated age-standardised death rates for chronic diseases in 2005 were 54% higher for men and 86% higher for women than those for men and women in high-income countries. If nothing is done to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, an estimated US$84 billion of economic production will be lost from heart disease, stroke, and diabetes alone in these 23 countries between 2006 and 2015. Achievement of a global goal for chronic disease prevention and control-an additional 2% yearly reduction in chronic disease death rates over the next 10 years-would avert 24 million deaths in these countries, and would save an estimated $8 billion, which is almost 10% of the projected loss in national income over the next 10 years.

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Authors: Abegunde, D. O., Mathers, C. D., Adam, T., Ortegon, M., & Strong, K.
Affiliations: World Health Organization (CH)
Corresponding author: Mathers, Colin D
ORCID: Mathers, Colin D
Adam, Taghreed
Strong, Kathleen
Venue: The Lancet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2007-12
Volume: 370
Issue: 9603
Pages: 1929-1938
ISSN: 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61696-1
OpenAlex: W1987313755
Cited by: 1,603
References: 45
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FWCI: 10.28
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: The Lancet (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health and Epidemiology
Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Healthcare Systems and Public Health
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Global Health Care Issues
Keywords: chronic disease, disease burden, economic cost of illness, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus, low-income countries, middle-income countries, sex differences in mortality, mortality averted, chronic disease prevention, global health goals
MeSH terms: Chronic Disease, Developing Countries, Female, Humans, Life Expectancy, Male, Registries, Global Health, Cost of Illness, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution

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