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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
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61696-1
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Abstract

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
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
Citations by year
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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)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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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