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.
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Summary: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: The risk transition. Over time, major risks to health shift from traditional risks (e.g. inadequate nutrition or unsafe water and sanitation) to modern risks (e.g. overweight and obesity). Modern risks may take different trajectories in differen; 1.4Measuring impact of risk.
This report uses a comprehensive framework for studying health risks that was developed for the World Health Report 2002, which presented estimates for the year 2000. The report provides an update for the year 2004 for 24 global risk factors. It uses updated information from WHO programs and scientific studies for both exposure data and the causal associations of risk exposure to disease and injury outcomes. The burden of disease attributable to risk factors is measured in terms of lost years of healthy life using the metric of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY). The DALY combines years.
Physical Description:1 online resource (70 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-62).
ISBN:9789240684201
9240684204
9241563877
9789241563871
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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