Research Catalog

Title

Global health risks : mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks.

Publication

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

World Health Organization.

Description

vi, 62 pages : illustrations

Summary

This publication is a comprehensive assessment of leading risks to global health. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health attributable to 24 global risk factors.--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• Mortality
• Statistiques
• Statistics
• Gezondheid
• Risico's
• Toekomstverwachtingen
• Epidemiologie
• Morbiditeit
• Sterfte
• World health
• Epidemiology
• Diseases > Risk factors
• Risk assessment
• Morbilidad
• Mortalidad
• Enfermedades > Factores de riesgo
• risk assessment
• mortality
• Risk Assessment
• Mortality > trends
• Data Interpretation, Statistical
• Risk Factors
• Global Health

Genre/Form

• Statistics
• Statistics.
• Statistiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

Introduction. Purpose of this report -- Understanding the nature of health risks -- The risk of transition -- Measuring impact of risk -- Risk factors in the update for 2004 -- Regional estimates for 2004 -- Results. Global patterns of health risk -- Childhood and maternal undernutrition -- Other diet-related risk factors and physical inactivity -- Sexual and reproductive health -- Addictive substances -- Environmental risks -- Occupational and other risks -- Joint effects of risk factors. Joint contribution of risk factors to specific diseases -- Potential health gains from reducing multiple risk factors -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9789241563871
• 9241563877

LCCN

2009488087

OCLC

• ocn435421960
• 435421960
• SCSB-1537054

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library