View source for 1. Importance of non-communicable diseases in developed countries (mortality, morbidity, trends)

* Most important non-communicable diseases in high-income countries
** CVD
** Cancer
** Chronic respiratory disease
* NCD
** cause more than 75% of deaths in high-income countries yearly
** are more important in high-income than low-income countries
*** due to diet, social status
** are becoming more important in low-income countries as well (as communicable diseases are becoming less of a problem)
** In all ages:
*** CVD 48%
*** Cancer 21%
*** Others 16%
** < 60 year olds
*** CVD 35%
*** Cancer 28%
*** Others 26%
* Disease adjusted life years (DALY)
** One DALY is one lost year of “healthy” life
** DALY = years of life lost + years lost due to disability
** Most NCD DALYs are in high-income countries
* Top causes of death in world
** Ischaemic heart disease – 7 million per year – 13%
** Stroke, cerebrovascular disease
** Lower respiratory tract infections
* Top causes of death in low-income countries
** Lower RTI
** Diarrhoeal diseases
** HIV/AIDS
* Morbidity – the disease burden in a population
** Incidence and prevalence of a disease
* Mortality – the occurrence of death in a population
* Communicable diseases are less important in high-income countries due to vaccines, treatment, etc

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