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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Danger ahead: the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015
International Journal of Public Health, Volume 63, Year 2018
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Objectives: The Eastern Mediterranean Region faces several health challenges at a difficult time with wars, unrest, and economic change. Methods: We used the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study to present the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from 1990 to 2015. Results: Ischemic heart disease was the leading cause of death in the region in 2015, followed by cerebrovascular disease. Changes in total deaths ranged from a reduction of 25% for diarrheal diseases to an increase of about 42% for diabetes and tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer. Collective violence and legal intervention increased by 850% during the time period. Diet was the leading risk factor for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for men compared to maternal malnutrition for females. Childhood undernutrition was the leading risk factor for DALYs in 1990 and 2005, but the second in 2015 after high blood pressure. Conclusions: Our study shows that the region is facing several health challenges and calls for global efforts to stabilise the region and to address the current and future burden of disease. © 2017, The Author(s).
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Authors & Co-Authors
Bcheraoui, Charbel El
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Charara, Raghid N.
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Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
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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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Biryukov, Stan H.
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Casey, Daniel C.
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Cercy, Kelly M.
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Charlson, Fiona J.
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Cornaby, Leslie
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Dicker, Daniel J.
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Erskine, Holly E.
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Ferrari, Alize J.
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Fitzmaurice, Christina
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Foreman, Kyle J.
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Fraser, Maya S.
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Frostad, Joseph Jon
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Godwin, William W.
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Griswold, Max
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Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
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Kemmer, Laura
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Kutz, Michael J.
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Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe
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Leung, Janni K.Y.
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Liu, Patrick Y.
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Mikesell, Joseph B.
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Nguyen, Grant
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Olsen, Helen Elizabeth
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Reiner, Robert Charles
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Reitsma, Marissa Bettay
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Roth, Gregory A.
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Santomauro, Damian
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Smith, Alison Grace Carswell
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Stanaway, Jeffrey D.
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Sur, Patrick John
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Wang, Haidong
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Whiteford, Harvey A.
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Afifi, Rima A.
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Kiadaliri, Ali Ahmad
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Ahmadi, Alireza
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Ahmadieh, Hamid
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Alam, Khurshid
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Alam, Noore K.M.
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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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Altirkawi, Khalid A.
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Anber, Nahla Hamed
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Ansari, Hossein
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Anwari, Palwasha
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Asayesh, Hamid
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Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal
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Atey, Tesfay Mehari
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Bacha, Umar
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Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad
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Bedi, Neeraj
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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
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Bisanzio, Donal
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Butt, Zahid A.
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Deribew, Amare
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Djalalinia, Shirin S.
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Eshrati, Babak
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Esteghamati, Alireza
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Farvid, Maryam S.
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Farzadfar, Farshad
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Fereshtehnejad, Seyed Mohammad
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Fischer, Florian
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Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde
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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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Hotez, Peter J.
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Hsaïri, Mohamed
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Jonas, Jost Bruno
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Kasaeian, Amir
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Khader, Yousef Saleh
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Khan, Ejaz Ahmad
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Khan, Gulfaraz
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Khoja, Abdullah
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Khoja, Tawfik Ahmed Muthafer
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Khubchandani, Jagdish
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Kopec, Jacek A.
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Larson, Heidi Jane
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Lunevicius, Raimundas
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Majdzadeh, Reza
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Majeed, Azeem
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Malekzadeh, Reza
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Al Memish, Ziad Ahmed
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Mensah, George A.
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Nasher, Jamal T.
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Makhlouf-Obermeyer, Carla
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Pourmalek, Farshad
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Qorbani, Mostafa
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Radfar, Amir
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Rafay, Anwar
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Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa
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Rai, Rajesh Kumar
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Rawaf, David Laith
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Rawaf, Salman
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Refaat, Amany H.
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Rezaei, Satar
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Roshandel, Gholamreza H.
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Safdarian, Mahdi
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Safi, Sare
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Safiri, Saeid
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Sahraian, Mohammad Ali
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Salamati, Payman
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Samy, Abdallah Mohammed
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Sartorius, Benn
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Sepanlou, Sadaf G.
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Shaikh, Masood Ali A.
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Shamsizadeh, Morteza
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Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Rizwan
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Tehrani-Banihashemi, Seyed Arash
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Temsah, Mohamad Hani
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Terkawi, Abdullah Sulieman
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Topoŕ-Ma̧dry, Roman
Poland, Krakow
Jagiellonian University Medical College
Uthman, Olalekan A.
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Vollset, Stein Emil
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Werdecker, Andrea
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Yaseri, Mehdi
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Younis, Mustafa Zeedan
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Zaki, Maysaa El S.
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Jumaan, Aisha Obad
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Vos, Theo
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Naghavi, Mohsen
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Hay, Simon I.
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Murray, Christopher J.L.
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Mokdad, Ali H.I.
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Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 132
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00038-017-1017-y
ISSN:
16618564
Research Areas
Cancer
Disability
Food Security
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Participants Gender
Male
Female