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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Burden of cardiovascular diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
International Journal of Public Health, Volume 63, Year 2018
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Description
Objectives: To report the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) during 1990–2015. Methods: We used the 2015 Global Burden of Disease study for estimates of mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of different CVD in 22 countries of EMR. Results: A total of 1.4 million CVD deaths (95% UI: 1.3–1.5) occurred in 2015 in the EMR, with the highest number of deaths in Pakistan (465,116) and the lowest number of deaths in Qatar (723). The age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 decreased from 10,080 in 1990 to 8606 in 2015 (14.6% decrease). Afghanistan had the highest age-standardized DALY rate of CVD in both 1990 and 2015. Kuwait and Qatar had the lowest age-standardized DALY rates of CVD in 1990 and 2015, respectively. High blood pressure, high total cholesterol, and high body mass index were the leading risk factors for CVD. Conclusions: The age-standardized DALY rates in the EMR are considerably higher than the global average. These findings call for a comprehensive approach to prevent and control the burden of CVD in the region. © 2017, The Author(s).
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Tehrani-Banihashemi, Seyed Arash
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Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
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Charara, Raghid N.
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Afshin, Ashkan
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Collison, Michael L.
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Daoud, Farah
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Krohn, Kristopher J.
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Chew, Adrienne
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Cornaby, Leslie
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Foreman, Kyle J.
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Frostad, Joseph Jon
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Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
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Kemmer, Laura
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Kutz, Michael J.
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Liu, Patrick Y.
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Mirarefin, Mojde
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Nguyen, Grant
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Wang, Haidong
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Zipkin, Ben
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Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu
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Abouzeid, Marian
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Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.
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Kiadaliri, Ali Ahmad
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Ahmed, Muktar Beshir
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Aksut, Baran
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Alam, Khurshid
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Alasfoor, Deena H.
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Ali, Raghib
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Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza
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Al-Raddadi, Rajaa Mohammad S.
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Alsharif, Ubai
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Altirkawi, Khalid A.
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Alvis-Guzman, Nelson
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Anber, Nahla Hamed
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Anwari, Palwasha
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Ärnlöv, Johan
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Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal
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Atey, Tesfay Mehari
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Awasthi, Ashish
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Bärnighausen, Till Winfried
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Bacha, Umar
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Barac, Aleksandra M.
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Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn
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Bedi, Neeraj
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Bennett, Derrick A.
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Berhe, Derbew Fikadu
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Biadgilign, Sibhatu Kassa K.
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Butt, Zahid A.
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Carapetis, Jonathan Rhys
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Castro-Landman, Rubén Estanislao
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Chitheer, Abdulaal
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Davletov, K.
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Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda
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Djalalinia, Shirin S.
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Do, Huyen Phuc
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Dubey, Manisha
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Ebrahimi, Hedyeh
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Eshrati, Babak
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Esteghamati, Alireza
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Farvid, Maryam S.
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Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad
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Fischer, Florian
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Weldemariam, Solomon
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Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde
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Gillum, Richard Frank
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Gona, Philimon Nyakauru
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Gupta, Rajeev C.
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Hafezi-Nejad, Nima
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Hamadeh, Randah R.
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Hamidi, Samer A.
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Hsaïri, Mohamed
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Jee, Sunha
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Jonas, Jost Bruno
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Karimkhani, Chanté Aksut
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Kasaeian, Amir
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Khader, Yousef Saleh
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Khan, Ejaz Ahmad
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Kim, Daniel J.
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Lal, Dharmesh Kumar
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Larson, Heidi Jane
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Latif, Asma Abdul
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Lotufo, P. Andrade
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Statistics
Citations: 65
Authors: 153
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00038-017-1012-3
ISSN:
16618556
Research Areas
Disability
Noncommunicable Diseases