Non-communicable diseases now cause two thirds of deaths worldwide
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Average life expectancy across the world has increased by more than 10 years since 1980, but non-communicable diseases now account for more than two thirds of all deaths, a new analysis of global health data has shown.1 The Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 analysed the latest available data for 249 causes of death, 315 diseases and injuries, and 79 risk factors in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2015. Researchers estimated all cause mortality by age, sex, geography, and year using what they said was a more accurate approach than previous methods, with better estimates …
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The global burden of disease has moved from infectious to chronic noncommunicable diseases, which indicates that health conditions in LMICs and HICs are converging.
“Health conditions in LMICs and HICs are rapidly converging, as indicated by the recent shift of the global disease burden from infectious diseases to chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes) (2).”
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- Authors
- Mayor, S.
- Corresponding author
- Mayor, Susan
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2016-10-07
- Pages
- i5456
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2529000590
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Global Health and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Healthcare Systems and Public Health
- Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Keywords
- non-communicable diseases, global burden of disease, mortality trends, life expectancy, causes of death, disease risk factors, injuries
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