| Global Health Risks: Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Major Risks Contributor(s): World Health Organization (Author) |
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ISBN: 9244563878 ISBN-13: 9789244563878 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $34.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Russian Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement - Medical | Health Risk Assessment - Business & Economics | Reference - General |
| Dewey: 614.422 |
| Physical Information: 68 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 of life lost due to premature death with years of healthy life lost due to illness and disability. Health risks are in transition: populations are ageing owing to successes against infectious diseases; at the same time, patterns of physical activity and food, alcohol and tobacco consumption are changing. Low- and middle-income countries now face a double burden of increasing chronic, noncommunicable conditions, as well as the communicable diseases that traditionally affect the poor. |
Contributor Bio(s): World Health Organization: - World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends. |