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Global Mortality Trends

Global Mortality Trends Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading causes of death globally and will cause more than three-quarters of all deaths by 2030, according to a new report released in May by the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int /entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf). Projections suggest a massive shift in the distribution of deaths over the next 25 years, according to the report, World Health Statistics 2008. Between 2004 and 2030, deaths from cardiovascular disease will increase from 17.1 million to 23.4 million and deaths from cancer will increase from 7.4 million to 11.8 million. The report also highlights other important issues, including tobacco's role as a risk factor for most of the leading causes of death, the soaring cost of health care worldwide, and the huge disparity between maternal mortality rates in rich and poor nations. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Global Mortality Trends

JAMA , Volume 299 (23) – Jun 18, 2008

Global Mortality Trends

Abstract

Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading causes of death globally and will cause more than three-quarters of all deaths by 2030, according to a new report released in May by the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int /entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf). Projections suggest a massive shift in the distribution of deaths over the next 25 years, according to the report, World Health Statistics 2008. Between 2004 and 2030,...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.299.23.2737-a
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Abstract

Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading causes of death globally and will cause more than three-quarters of all deaths by 2030, according to a new report released in May by the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int /entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf). Projections suggest a massive shift in the distribution of deaths over the next 25 years, according to the report, World Health Statistics 2008. Between 2004 and 2030, deaths from cardiovascular disease will increase from 17.1 million to 23.4 million and deaths from cancer will increase from 7.4 million to 11.8 million. The report also highlights other important issues, including tobacco's role as a risk factor for most of the leading causes of death, the soaring cost of health care worldwide, and the huge disparity between maternal mortality rates in rich and poor nations.

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 18, 2008

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases,cerebrovascular accident,heart diseases,ischemic stroke,cancer,cause of death,chronic disease,communicable diseases,health care costs,maternal mortality,world health,world health organization,health disparity

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