Global Health Risks : Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks.

Global Health Risks : Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks.

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...

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Main Author: Organization, World Health
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009
Subjects:
Diseases > Risk factors.
World health.
Epidemiology.
Mortality.
Public health.
Risk assessment.
Risk.
Risk management.
Statistics.
Vital statistics.
Decision making > Mathematical models.
Causation.
Probabilities.
Demography.
Medicine > Data processing.
Medical informatics.
Organization.
Health services administration.
Medical personnel.
Medical care.
Statistics > Methodology.
Epidemiology
Public Health
Risk Factors
Risk Assessment
Mortality
Environment and Public Health
Risk
Risk Management
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Statistics as Topic
Epidemiologic Measurements
Vital Statistics
Decision Support Techniques
Causality
Probability
Epidemiologic Factors
Demography
Epidemiologic Methods
Data Collection
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Medicine
Investigative Techniques
Medical Informatics Applications
Organization and Administration
Information Science
Health Services Administration
Quality of Health Care
Medical Informatics
Population Characteristics
Health Occupations
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Disciplines and Occupations
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Global Health
Data Collection > methods
Patient Care Management
Patient Care Management > methods
Health Personnel
Health Workforce.
Patient Care
mortality.
public health.
risk assessment.
risk management.
probability.
demography.
statistics.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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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